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EDISON GENERAL FILE SERIES
1915
Edison General File Series
1915. Chemicals (E-15-18)
April
Gentlemen:
?he Dominion Iron & Steel Company, Sydney, Nova Sootia
is installing at its Coke ovens a Benzol Absorbing and Defining
Plant, according to my plans. This plant is now under construc¬
tion and will probably go into operation within thirty (30) days.
Under ny contract with them I am entitled to purchase eight hun¬
dred (800) gallons of pure Benzol daily. I attach hereto my con¬
tract with the Dominion Iron & Steel Company for said daily sup¬
ply of eight hundred (BOO) gallons of Benzol. This contract is
in the form of letters exchanged between the Dominion Iron & Steel
Company and myself, and this contract is made a part of this agree¬
ment .
You desire me to furnish you with a continuous supply
of pure Phenol, deliveries to commence on or before June first,
1915, and to continue until December 31st, 1915, at the rate of
approximately four thousand (4,000) pounds per day, more or less,
If I can procure sufficient additional Benzol to increase my out¬
put correspondingly I am to deliver, and you to receive, four thou¬
sand six hundred (4,600) pounds of Phenol, more or less, per day.
Drums to be furnished by you, or, if famished by me , to be charged
to you, subject to credit on return.
I agree to utilize the above named daily suprly of eight
hundred (800) gallons of Benzol, and any further supply that I can
obtain at reasonable prices, to make this Phenol, and to furnish
such Phenol to you for the period and at the rate above mentioned
at a price of seventy-six:- and six-tent)is oents (76.6 cents) per
pound, spot cash, payment to he made on sight draft attached to
Bill of lading presented at a Bank to be designated by you.
In consideration of your furnishing me the money to build
a Carbolic Plant, I agree to give you a rebate of four (4) cents
per pound to enable you to reimburse yomselves for the money fur¬
nished according to the next succeeding paragraph of this agree¬
ment. This rebate will leave the net price to ns of the Carbolic
AoJd furnished under this agreement at seventy-two and six-tenths
cents (72.6 oents) per pound.
As an additional consideration to me for making this agree
ment, you agree to furnish me with the sum of fifty- two thousand
dollars ($62,000) Which I undertake to use in building the special
Pare two-
plant to make the above named Phenol. ?his plant will he rea^- in
about forty (40) working days if unforeseen contingencies do not
arise. Uhls Phenol Plant is to he ana remain my property at all
t ime s .
It is to he understood that I shall not he liahj6 dam"
aces for the non-fulfilment on my part of this contract 1* such non-
S g*S SffiTSS AT.-
vide against liability for unforeseen contingencies not within my
control.
If at any time during the' continuance of this agreement
you fail to take and pay for the Carbolic Ao id for a period Ox one
month this contract shall he null and void, and I shall, he -reeto
•qp11 rh.ol« output of the Carbolic Plant to others without any
accountability to you, nevertheless, you shall he held li*^ ^°Lthe
fulfilment of the contract on your part. If at the termination of
this contract (December 31st, 1915) I decide to continue the opera¬
tion of said Phenol Plant, you shall have ^until
nnp -half (l/2) the future production Ox Phenol by said planu, unxil
June" 1st, 1916, at the same price, namely, seventy- six and s^^enth
cents (76.6 cents) per pound ana on the same terras as above mentioned.
fhis letter is written in duplicate. If you accept the
above terms and conditions please sign at the foot hereox.
Yours very truly,
Y/e accept the above
April 1st, 1915
J. II. Plummer, Esq., Pres.,
Dominion Iron & Steel Co.,
112 St. James Stroot,
Montreal, Canada.
Dear Mr. Plummer:
Under the agreement between your Company
and myself, I have the option of purchasing from you eight
hundred (800) gallons por day of pure Benzol after your
plant becomes operative.
In order that there shall be no misun¬
derstanding, I am writing this letter to signify my inten¬
tion to avail myBelf of this option, and I will therefore
ash you to have my order entered for eight hundred (800)
gallons of pure Benzol per day, deliveries to commence- as
Boon as you commence to turn out pure Benzol. I vill
fumiBh my tank oars, which will have a capacity of ten
thousand (10,000) gallons ea£h.
lours very truly
(signed) Thomas A. Edison,
<wc CCttt- Czu/j-trCoa.
±(llc j\lon\,Ci ci cru-cy toccU CijO. Incut/
fio-tH. t&c<,v\. cju.ic.Ctr y4v £-C u i7ic>r/<cryul •
10 . U htee&v l-C-Crlrt^i.
April 1st. 1915.
Hr. W. H. Gartley,
United Gas Improvement Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Mr. Gartley:
Mr. Edison has been In touch today with the Perth
Amboy Gas Company of Perth Amboy. H. J., of which Hr. John V/. Whe¬
lan is President. Ohey have on hand about twenty thousand gallons
of coal gas tar and make in the neighborhood of fifty thousand gal¬
lons a year. They are open to dispose of this, and sent Hr. Edison
a sample gallon can.
!tr. Edison asks me to advise you about this and to
Bend you the sample can by express tonight .
Hr. Whelan is going to write to you also and give
you the price, so you will have the whole story tomorrow morning.
You oan reach Hr. Whelan on the telephone 1064 Elizabeth, H. J.
We are on track of a muoh. larger suprly, of about
sixty hundred fifty thousand gallons, whioh Hr. Edison will advise
you about a little later.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Hr. Edison.
E. B. Badger & Sons Co.
(EottHtrurtora of (ttlpurttal Apparatus
BOSTON. U. S. A.
April 1, 1915.
Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison,
Orange , N . J .
Attention - W. H. Meadoworoft.
Enclosed find Blueprint #3877, generalarrange-
ment of Carbolic Acid Still, which is a duplicate of the
one mailed you on the 31st.
Relative to Anniline Still, we regret it has
been impossible to send this data to you before. It
is not that the matter has been overlooked, but it
has been impossible for our Mr. hunt to figure out the
data until this time.
A Still of the same design as that which we
are furnishing for the Carbolic Acid would not produce
Anniline .
A Still of the following specifications is what
you require:
To consist of one cast iron kettle, 8 » diameter
x 14' long, containing 155 lineal feet 3 hydraulic iron
nine fittings. Column cast iron 36" diameter with 6
nlates necessary boiling caps; copper Dephlegmator con¬
taining approximately 401 1?4" x O' copper tubes; copper
Condenserof the same construction as ^
BOO callon steel receiving tanks; 1 - 5000 gallon steel
receiving tank; accessories practically the same as we
a?o fSshing with Carbolic Still. Pump wet vacuum,
capacity 50 cubic feet per minute.
Still as per these approximate specifications, to
stand 30" vacGuTwould produce approximately 3000 to 4000
gallons pure Anniline In 24 hours. Price Five Thousand
Eight Hundred Dollars, ($6800.00) net, f.o.h. cars, Boston.
Delivery ten weeks, possibly sooner.
We will put this in regular proposal form and
send detail specifications as is customary.
We trust this will give you the information
you desire.
Tours very truly,
E. B. BADGERJ&.
PER
CRC-C
umlcatlons should be addressed to “Comma
och/ac *
rd'5'
TELEGRAPH, j DOVER,
FREIGHT ADDRESS:
PICATINNY ARSENAL, PICATINNY, N.
PICATINNY ARSENAL,
DOVER, N. J. April 1, 1915.
UTO
h delays oc-
to unavoid-
l,;r. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir: ^ ’
X. Referring to thd proposal which has just been received from \
you for f urni thing the United States with 130,000 lbs. of commercial phenol,
I have to say that the conditions in regard to credit f
curring during tho performance of the contract 8 as may
able causes, are entirely satisfactory, and you are correct in your under- ^
standing that it is the regular practice of the Department to insert a *
clause in it a contracts to that effect. ^
2. The one drum of synthetic phenol recently received from yob 4 ;• ^
was not sufficient for us to make a nitration in our regular large sized '
nitrator, and was, therefore, not a fair test of the material. In order |
that I may make a more complete tost, I am sending you by today's mail, a
purchase order for two (2) drums of phenol, which I would be pleased to
have you ahip^at your earliost convenience.
3. your proposal, which was the only one received, is being
forwarded to the ordnance Office for consideration. As soon as instruc¬
tions are received from Washington, I will communicate with you again.
Respaojfully,
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
PURCHASE ORDER
PICATINNY ARSENAL M
Dover, N. J., _JteXUuJU-JL918». . . 191
To . . . .Thoms- A,-Edison, — . - . .
Plcaso furnish the arttefetorfmlcefenumerated below, In accordance with your quotation dated .27. , 1915 •
Mark each package with the number of this Purchase Order.
Shipment to be made within _ — Jays from receipt of this order. _ ========„ _
Commercial Phenal, in accord¬
ance wijsh specif icatione,
herewith, dated March 6, 191£ ,
including containers. 2
lbiT
56
Purchase Order No. -12354 .
Tm: h.B. Chalmers Co.
PAINT AKDVABHI8H KEMOWRS
SCIIENECTADY.N.Y. u 1st 1
». szzz ws xwssrz &,sr - 11
rears er.rs vSwss’srt'a.r •
s ss: srs «2- «- ■ ~ “jk r «
anticipate we will accumulate a good mny order B th# carbollc
aoif y^arfcioS^ifuSP 39/40°, as ^ are the goods we want to use.
to buy this in hundred gallon drums, an -i „ *1,0 empty drums to be
*£•-? rs, ,tsss SAS-* - -
factory working.
TOa „ JT5S.-J 7SS.?S5ft.,ff -iJSaSS S*„T
THE UNITED STATES FINISHING COMPANY,
,ch es FINISHERS OF COTTON PIECE GOODS ,
ck'et. 320 BROADWAY ,
cover the year from July 1st, 1913 to July 1st, 1914.
Of Beta Naphtol, 23,226 lhs. , price of which was
before the war, from 10 to llj^ a It.
Of Paranitraniline, 11,112 lhs., price of which
before the war was, 16. to 17 <f. a lb.
We also happen to have at hand the figures of
another large finisher whose consumption of Beta Haphtol was 12,000 lbs.
and of Paranitraniline, 9,000 lbs.
Through the kindly co-operation of the Secretary
of the national Association of Finishers of Cotton Fabrics I am making
an inquiry among all Cotton Finishers to Bee what their normal annual
requirements are of the following four intermediate products.
Beta Haphtol
Paranitraniline
Phenylene Diamine
Resorcine
Ab soon as this information is received and tabulated it will be sent to
you; and I hope that the market possibilities which these figures will
THE UNITED STATES FINISHING COMPANY,
FINISHERS OF COTTON PIECE GOODS,
320 BKOADVVAV,
April 1st, 1915.
Mr.
, E. Headowcrof t .
#2.
disclose will be such as to encourage you in their manufacture.
X cannot close this letter without expressing
to Mr. Edison and yourself my appreciation, and that of Mr. Lyons, of
the courtesy shown to us during our oall yesterday at your laboratories.
Yours very truly.
The U. Finishim
A.C.I.
E. B. Badger & Sons Co.
(Hmtatructora of QUpmical Apparatua
B3-7S PITTS STREET
BOSTON. U. S. A.
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^Thomas^A? Edison, 0/1 OT
Orange, New Jersey. » 1 *
Dear Sir:
We are enclosing formal Proposal #946
covering Aniline Still which confirms our letter
of the 1st.
In connection with delivery of this
apparatus we would start same immediately upon
receipt of order and make every effort to make
delivery inside of the time specified.
Trusting we may hear favorably from you,
we remain
Yours very truly,
E. B. BADGER j^SONS COMPANY
CIIC-C
16nyhn t 21°P 16
SA SYRACUSE NY APR. 2-15
EDISON,
ORANGE NJ
EXPLOSION WAS IN CARBOLIC ACID PLANT AND WAS PROBABLY DUE
TO IGNITION OF BENZOL VAPORS.
SEHET SOLVAY CO.
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THE FISK RUBBER COMPANY
FBSK. TIRES
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!, i r . Thomas A. Ed i
OfllANGE, M- <J •
Dear Sir:
Your favor of the]
AM I L I N E OIL
mot in need of
BEEN SUFFICIENTLY TAKEN CA
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For July del i very /ssH^re expecting to be able to obtain
HEED FROM THE GENERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, WHO STATE THAT
OPERATION TO MAKE DELIVERIES AT THAT
ILL HAVE THEIR PLANT
They have submitted us a three year contract, in whici
ARE ONE OF TWO CLAUSES TO WHICH WE TAKE SOME EXCEPTION, ALTHOU
ON THE WHOLE, WE THOUGHT THE CONTRACT RATHER FAVORABLE, AND HA
PRACTICALLY DECIDED- TO AFFIX OUR SIGNATURE IMMEDIATELY.
If you have any DEFINITE PROPOSITION TO MAKE US, WE
SHOULD BE GLAD
HEAR FROM YOUR BY RETURN
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Bear Admiral Joseph^ Strauss, U. S. N. ,
Bureau of Ordinance,
Navy Department ,
'Washington, D. C.
My dear Admiral:- .
Vihen I was down last Friday, I.ieut. Caskey
was telling me that you intend to do your own nitrating
of the phenol purohased from Mr. Edison, at Indian Head.
He also thought it would he eight or nine months before
you would be ’ecjiipped to sstuart your nitrating.
He mentioned this, because he thought I
would like to know that it would be necessary to take oare
of ordering quite a number of drums to contain the phenol
until you get ready to use it on a basiB of our shipping
11,800 pounds per month.
In disousBing the matter, he wondered if it
would be possible for ue to hold up shipment on this phenol,
until you oould use it, along about November first or
December first. I told him, & the time, I did not know,
because I had not disoussed it with Mr. Edison.
I did discuss it with Urv Edison yesterday ,
telling him that it would be quite a labor to the Navy
Department, and would also save the Navy Department the
purchase of about I3g,()rum8, at ten dollars per drum.
He Btates that inasmuoh as our record
business (manufacture of the disc records) bids fair to
increase very much more rapidly than he had anticipated,
it will become necessary for him to incroaBe the oapacity
of his carbolic plant in about three months, to take oare
of the increased demands for manufacture of records. He
therefore fe£ls that we oan, if it will be an accomodation
to you, delay beginning shipments until, say, December
first, at whloh time we will start in to ship 18,000 pounds
per month, approximately, for the remaining time of the
contract covering a period of two years from Maroh 25th,
1916.
So if it will be any aooomodation to you, please
advise me at once, and I will take the neoesuary action to
carry out your wishes.
Yours sincerely.
Chief Engineer to
'a-: Personal Representative <Jf
April 5 th .
191C .
B. 3. Badger & Sons Company,
63 - 75 Pitta Street,
BoBton, Hass.
Gentlemen:
I duly received your favor of the second instant, en¬
closing proposal #946 covering an Aniline Still.
Ur. Edison s?.ys that the still you have covered by
your proposal is much too large. You must have misunderstood him.
Ehe capacity of still he wishe o is for four thousand pounds in
24 hours, not gallons.
Can you not go into thiB natter and submit anothe r pro¬
posal i$epy quidfcly. The time is growing awfully short.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Hr. EdiBon.
WESTEjp. UNION
night^tter.^
RECEIVED ATjaSS MA.N_
7 NY H 70 NL <
BOSTON MASS APRIL 5-15
W H MEDOWCROFT
LABORATORY THOS A ED I SON '
ORANGE nj
UNABLE TO GIVE DEFINITE ADVICES REGARDING CARBOLIC STILL TODAY AS
PROMISED AS MANUFACTURERS ARE MAKING CHEMICAL TESTS TO SEE IF THEIR
GLASSED LINED TANKS WILL WITHSTAND THE ACTUON OF THE CHEMICALS
EXPECTING REPORT HOURLY AND WILL PHONE AS SOON AS WE HEAR WHICH WILL
PROBABLY BE TUESDAY FORENOON WE ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO GET THE
PROPOSITION IN SUCH SHAPE -THAT WE CAN PROMISE AND MAKE DELIVERY WITHIN
TIME DESCRIBED. E B BADGER AND SONS CO
•50AM
Aetna Explosives Compai
Two Rector Street
Edison, Esq. f'Mk.JvJEJi. 'Vw
West Orange, IT.J.
A 1 1 e n &£oa.- .Mr^.iY . H . Me ado wc r q f t
We would be interested in puro^tesing^xor a
period of three months, beginning May, 1915, your output
of Carbolic Crystals, suitable for the manufacture of
Picric Acid, estimated output 5500 to 6200 pounds per
day beginning May 15th - and would suggest that you
take up with Mr. John, whom we authorize to aot for us
in this matter, the question of price and details of the
Yours very truly.
ATLANTA
70 Edgewood Avenue
BOSTON
We are answering yours of April
2nd concerning Aniline oil. We do not use
this commodity.
However, are you going to he
in a position to supply Pure Toluol or
90$ Benzol?
JS nfyr f~~ -
CAR COMPANY
yJouu\ UT4. ficC/VV
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April 5, 1915. /. (
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Ur . Thomas A. Udison, (/
Orange, L. J- urtrr/< _
Dearer-.- ^
Your letter of -april Srft, 1915
pormontii each, the toot ee helth Son* -u
and 460 Trtlieh you are : . j;
•:.1nc,- c^pc Breton , nova -.eouia and a.i-V.
u . Vi-.n to ta’-'O care of the sailca .
v difficulty vo noV
-ott i
rv the 3
^cording to the^rri'les _
^r^eS°SoSdi^e“oaheS4ia « mnr ««*•
huildr.ro to the owners or _
sjrs^g straws* ■
for the whole year.
Therefore, the first thing we desire to learn io whether
or not you cannot nrahe some arrangement tojlace „;hxpmer
are ^Tinl oad ed "a e .would too tto poiat^urALoiifS to the
SPSS'S “ h‘Ss.i :TS: ^ “g
•sr«Ma
builders.
In this case of the four ears you wish to get, if we
ITo t nr“it. ftomtaUl.rs to «» ' o~“sS U“t
were to he returned.
CAR COMPANY
Iii this connection it vail I f°/ %0'
in*-ri those T >ur cuvs from Johnstown uo silver -J*- ‘ » • •
oust he moved, and then arrange ^ox-cti y°tHo
Company on the return loaded movement to us - c^~ .V
routine, including the junction point as uhe empty c... •-
enroute to Cidney.
ake up with the railroads i
o aidney so there will be :
ho cars over there Iree io:
ontinuously in that uusine
iimittco had under coi
;;r H-lJe who is also Chairman, 01 xne -oimuioui. . -
• . i n -ends o' the -sncricun railway association, pi.--- -
&%££ 2»S?S “»f H", '
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Orange^TlSJ^**"* 0
wb use annually between 5000 and
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information ae to ^ determined prices on
to make shipments, if you^h matter of Benzole
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Beloeil Station,
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C/o Canadian Explosives, Limited.
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Gentlemen:-
V/e desire to call your attention to the fact that
the drums in which you are supplying us Carbolic Acid are
liable to hurst when the acid is melted, especially after
they have been used several times.
In our opinion,. it would he much better to ship
the Carbolic Acid in tin cans of 200 or 300 lbs. each, such
as the English manufacturers are using. These packages are
so much more convenient for handling and there is less danger
connected with their use.
Very truly yours,
THE HEYDEN CHEMICAL V/OHKS.
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Corning Glass Works
Corning. N.Y. April 7,1915.
Mr. W. H. Meadowcraft,
c/o laboratory, Thomas A Edison,
Orange, H.J.
Dear Mr. Meadowcraft : -
Acknowledging your letter of April 6th
enclosing some notes of Mr. Edison's regarding the
question of large flasks:
I have written Mr. Edison in some detail
on the subject, and as I have told him, you may be
sure we shall be very glad to do anything we can iJ
this direction to meet the requirements.
With best regards.
WmC/DK.
receipt of letter from Mr. Headowcraft enclosing
your notes on the same subject:
We cannot say positively that our low
expansion glass will answer your requirements, but
we have every reason for believing that this is the
case. You know, of course, of the severe service
which it will stand in battery jars. We also furnish
tubes and large flasks to the DuPont Powder Works for
service similar to what you have in mind. We furnish
large quantities of tubes for what they oall a Hart
Condenser, where the glass is constantly exposed to
cold water on the outside and nitric acid fumes con¬
densing on the inside.
After receipt of your telegram, I found on
investigation that we happened to have one flask on
hand such as we have been furnishing to the Powder
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Works. This particular flask was rejected on account
of the neck being too short and also because the annealing
was somewhat imperfect. We suggested, however, that you
might be able to make use of this flask for a trial, and
if it stands up, certainly the regular product can be counted
on to do so. Even if it Bhould happen to break, we are,
nevertheless, confident that such flasks can be made without
any great difficulty. The flask we are sending you has a
capacity of slightly more than ten gallons. We think it
entirely possible to make such flasks up to twenty gallon
capacity, but if you decide to make use of any would prefer
not to commence with a size larger than fifteen gallons, and
ton or twelve gallons would be even better. Ab you know,
of course, in such a special line of manufacture as this,
it takes some time for the workmen to get their hand in.
It is even possible that a thirty gallon jar could
be produced ultimately, but we should much prefer to have
more experience on the smaller sizes before such an under¬
taking.
We are sending you the single flask above mentioned
to-day, by express, with our compliments, and trust that it
may be of some slight service in your experiments. This
flask, by the way, was made in a wooden mould, and is not a
fair sample of the work that can be done. In order to get
proper results, iron moulds should be made. We estimate
Mr. Thomas A. Edison-5.
i ten gallon flask
It is difficult to say
that the cost of such a mould for e
would he approximately §110.00.
what price could he made on such flasks if manufactured in
quantity. We have sold small quantities of flasks of
the same size as the one sent you at $7.50 each. If you
will give us further particulars as to just what size and
shape will best suit your requirements, we will endeavor
to make you a definite estimate of costs. We should much
prefer to make these flasks approximately globular rather
than relatively long and flat bottomed, like a bottle.
The bottom of the flask could probably be flattened
in order to permit it to rest securely, but in order to get
the maximum strength, it should be approximately spherical.
A 4" opening would, we think, be sufficiently large up
to a 15 gallon size.
We are thoroughly convinced from our experience in
various quarters recently that our «Honex»(l« expansion)
glass can be used extensively in chemical works, supplanting
earthenware, enameled ware, and even in some case quartz.
V/ith assurances that we shall be glad to render
any assistance possible, we remain.
Very truly yours,
\Corning Gl^B/J&rks./
WmC/DK.
Asst. Works Manager.
SY/HK
Very truly youri
NORWICH.
PAWTUCKET.
THE UNITED STATES FINISHING COMPANY^
FINISHERS OF COTTON PIECE GOODS ,
320BR0ABWAY,
Chemist is of the opinion that this may he due to imparities in the
form of Ortho-lTitraniline , or Meta-Hitraniline , or both. !7e trust that
this slight difficulty can he overcome and that Mr. Edison will he pre¬
pared to state before long in what quantities he will he prepared to
make the material upon the completion of the new aniline plant— which
1 understand is expected to he ready in about two weeks time.
It may he, and probably is, too soon to inquire
as to the probable cost to us of the Paranitraniline; but this naturally
is a question in which we are interested and upon which we will be glad
to have your decision at your early convenience.
At the same time we call your attention to the
fact that the Paranitraniline is useless without Beta Haphtol so that
we are equally interested in knowing what success you are having in pro¬
ducing the Beta Haphtol; and would be glad to examine a sample as soon
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the united states finishing company.
MCH£S FINISHERS OF COTTON PIECE GOODS ,
cchet 32OBROA0WAF,
f/ April 7th, 1915.
Ilr. Vf. H. Keadowcroft .
as you
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Yours very truly,
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As you are being quo t eoexeahs jhrely in the newspapers in
oonneotion with the manufacture of Aniline Dyes in America, we thought
perhaps it would be of interest to you to know exactly what American
manufacturers have done and what they will do in the immediate future®- ^
Our own firm, Schoellkopf, Hartford & Hanna Company of BuffalW
New York, have been engaged in the manufacture of Aniline Colors for
nearly thirty-five years, and while in the meantime they have tried yr,
manufacturing many of the intermediate products, this manufacture was $5
invariably given up as commercially impracticable as in every case { !
they were able to buy from Europe, Germany particularly, these inter- re¬
mediate products cheaper than they could manufacture them here. Speaking *
generally then, they have been manufacturing colors from intermediate
products which they procured in Europe. |
The principal exception to this statement is, however, (
Aniline Oil, the manufacture of which was commenced about three years \
ago by the Benzole Products Company for whom the General Chemical Company”}
of this City are agents, and our supplies of Aniline Oil since that time jr
have been secured from this firm. This was very fortunate, as when the
war commenced we continued to get our regular supplies of Oil from the %
Benzole Products Company, so we were not affected as far as this product
is concerned. The other intermediate products, however, of which there J"'
are a great number, we were no longer able to secure from Europe, there-«X
fore in order to continue the manufacture of our colors we were obliged E«*
to make as many of these as we could ourselves, and what we have been 5*|
doing in the meantime is to manufacture those which we could do most i
quickly and economically, and fortunately have been able to do this and A
as a consequence continue to manufacture quite a large amount of certain ^
colors, which we are daily supplying to consumers, much to their benefit, fv
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The manufacture of these intermediate products, however, has '
been successful only at a large expense and high cost 6f manufacture, S
consequently prices of the colors made from them have been correspondingly
high, but this really makes no difference to consumers, who are glad to
get supplies at almost any price.
The number and quantity of these intermediate materials we are
slowly increasing, but have to move with caution bearing in mind that at
the close of the war the investment we are making in plants and machinery
for their manufacture, may prove an unprofitable one in that Germany
will then again be able to produce and ship colors and intermediate
materials over here cheaper than we can make them under normal conditions,
so that this new plant and machinery would be practically useless to us.
The point is, however, that we can successfully make these
materials here, and the number and quantity of them is only a question
of the amount of capital we wish to invest. Up to the present time,
however, we could not have increased our production in any event, as
we could only get our regular contract quantity of Oil from the Benzole
Products Company, who in turn could not supply more because their pro¬
duction was limited to their present capacity, and even if they were
able to manufacture more in their present plant, could not have done
so by reason of the short supply of Benzole. They are, however, now
building a new plant which will have a much larger capacity, and by
reason of the additional supply of Benzole which they will be able to
secure through the taking up of its recovery by a number of large steel
plants, with which you are doubtless familiar, they will be able to
supply much larger quantities of Oil and consequently we will be able
to manufacture just as many more colors as we can secure additional
quantities of Oil from them, if in the meantime we increase the manu¬
facture of other intermediate products which we are obliged to use with
the Oil in our formulae.
The development of Aniline Colors in America is therefore
fairly under way, and as we have already stated, it is simply a
question of how much money American capitalists are willing to invest
in its manufacture. The solution of the matter is really in the hands
of the Government, in that if they put a sufficient protective duty on
these materials, so that the American capitalists can safely invest
their money with the assurance that the business can be done profitably,
then the business will develop rapidly, and it is only a question of
time when the American industry can supply American consumers with a
large proportion of their requirements. It may be apparent that the
colors we are now manufacturing and will manufacture irrespective of
war conditions, while of considerable quantity, would not be sufficient
to anything like supply requirements of all American consumers, so that
there will continue to be a serious shortage of the supply until German
manufacturers are again allowed to ship to the United States, or until
the American manufacture is allowed to increase largely through Govern¬
ment intervention in the way of a proper tariff protection.
I am sending you separately a copy of an address I made before
the American Chemical Society on this subject, together with copy of
the report of the committee of the American Chemical Society confirming
the situation, both of which you will no doubt find of interest in this
connection.
Yours very truly.
no — 3. .
matter of interest, and I
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Edison Laboratories, Orange, K.J.
Be take great pleasure in introducing Colonel N.
Jcukovouaky of the Imperial Russian Army who is stationed
here to supervise the purchase of all the explosive materials.
Be understand that he is very anxious to obtain diphenalan.ine
and I have told him that I -.ms negotiating v;ith you on this
material on the behalf of the Japanese Army. He requested me
to arrange an interview with you ar.d we will be very much oblig¬
ed to you if you will kindly give him the information he desires.
Since we have negotiated with you on this material, we
feel it our duty to give them the preference ar.d we believe that
Colonel Jcukcvcu8ky will have no objection to it. In case of
absolute necessity, I believe that I can persuade the. Japanese
Army to spare Colonel Joukovcuoky some quantity.
Thanking you in advance for any kindness extended to
Colonel Joukovcuoky and with kind personal regards, I am,
o/Mr.U:
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Thomas A. EdiBcn,Esq.,
Edison Laboratories, Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir: —
This is to introduce Mr. L. Eryner of the Vladivostock,
Siberia, Russia, who is our best friend here as far as the
Russian business is concerned. He will be at your place
with Colonel Jcukovcusky tomorrow morning, representing our •
interests and you may tell him anything you wish just as if
you were talking to me.
Yours faithfully,
fv.UiUli^CO., LIMITED
3iliX^JuWJ4i’'j: Imptro. & tiftn. ^h“^“u^’x°t0
' 0/6 402 Apr. 2, 1316—11 Cliff or 99 John 6t. X
Ha iB murrlod, about ir.iddle-uged, -spokon of aa inauo-
trioua: haa nad eonalderublo experience in this lino and wuu
formerly in tho pa nt and oil lino at Philadelphia , Pa., a number
of yearn a o in partnership with his .brother, Heginald, undor
stylo of otunloy Baggett & Bro. Thoy wore Bucooedou by tho alphu
Paint o. Iiineral Co. and otanloy Boggett claimed ut that tine he hud
aiado an agreement with his brother to settle certain indabtodnosu
of the late flrir. of Btonley Boggett i. Bro. the brother to pay tho
remaining indobtadnoBB, but otanley Bogsett olulmed hiu bro t nor
failed to do this, in cjnsoquoneo of which old ir.ui.torB Btood
against tho old ourtnorBhip of Otunloy Boggett A Bro. .. judgment
wbb docketed against the old firm at Philadelphia to •aotiuiy
which a numbor of Bharoa of atiock of tho nlph& Paint & iuincral Co*
which atanloy Bosgatt owned, wero- sold. Btanloy Boggatt booai.a a
representative in How lork City of tho vlphu faint U Mineral Co.
of Philadelphia and finully atartod in business on ills own account
in Jan. 19^9 us an importer and manufacturers agent of dry colors,
chericula and mineral products. . .
He was formerly located at lol Bookman ut. hut in vat.
1311 moved to tho above' ' address jrwhi oh building h:>8 -another eu- •
trance on John at. thus two addresses.
Btutoinonrts submitted from time to time are aa foliowa:
in Aug. 1902 his statement :.iadicatc.a a surplus of ^,;.53.C6
over liabilities of <?3uo. in Bob. 190* a aurjJus oi *16 ,-*94.66
over liabilities of A, 093. *9, Jano 1, 19-o total am- eta of -
•'t48,3B2.64 with liabilitiesm purch-ae ledger accounts -A.Oo3.61
or n not worth of -47,329.03. ntatemont as of Jtm. 1, 1912 ■
showed uesets of 31.14,110*33, liabilities of li o amount ol
which amount we® approximately puruhuso leag r account, notes
payable .jflo-.Oao. ;and Stanley Boggett capital account of
.’’•103, *61. .2^ 19J.4 no stated there has boon no material change
in his uffuls; that 'the buainoaii during the pr.st *car has been
very fair, and that ho has fully hold nia own, that no imported a
considerable portion of hlB BUppllos, novor uettled by notoB and
that his liabilities were not largo, and wore for- currant supplies.
Efforts to interview him at this time .roved unsuccess¬
ful, and 80 far as ascertained, there ...hus neon- no mu-eriul ohsr.se
in hie affairs. . ,
He occupies a suite of rooms in tno ofilce building at
this udereauj und it is tho opinion that he is conducting u
i-odo.atoly activo businaaB. i/ersonally, ho is well uj.okon of,
said to give the business olose attention, etc.
• In tho trad- he appears to bo in receipt oi small to
reasonable sized bills on regular trade Con.au, and pay monte are
promtly met, also at times tako advantage of the discounts. It is
tho belief that considerable art of nls supplies arts parch sod
out of town, ano tiBido from Ilia invoatmont in the business, no is
reputed to own real oataio. .
lio roco d of firo lose.
4/7/16 -Hi 37vj B 1 1/v
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CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL LABORATORIES
OF
DR. CHAS, F. MC IC E K H A
Offices,
Hudson Terminal, 50 Church Street,
CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSIS.
New York, April 8th, 1915.
Laboratory Ho. 13383.
Messrs. Mitsui & Co.,
35 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
I have examined the sample of Diphenylair.ine received
from you by messenger ; — - with marl: as shown below, and I
find the following to be the result.
1: Color is slightly buff and uniform.
3: It is oryltalline.
3: It is free from aniline, toluene and other impurities.
4: The melting point is 53.7° C.
5: The moisture is 0.05 $
6: It does not contain any red or dark brown spots.
This sample of Diphenylamine conforms to your specifica¬
tions.
Respeotfully,
(Signed) Chas. F. McKenna.
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April e, 1915
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Orange, New Jersej#" &**"<* ‘r3
Deer Mr. Meadowcroft:- — ?
re have received from you the, BMjJle i^^oal^tar
the Perth Amboy Gas Company and ffivfftigation shows that we could
get but a email quantity of benzol from this material.
Coal tar, as made by gas compuniee , contains as a ptrlo
less than 1^ of benzol and we have not been using any^4?oal tar for
this purpose except our own make.
We did not receive the sample from the Atlas Export Company.
I wrote you on the 6th saying that we would be glad to
receive any samples you have and would go at once into negotiations
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for anything that promised well.
1 hope you are sending us the sample of tar from the South
concerning which you wired that there was a prospect of securing
600,000 gallons. I doubt, however, whether we could get more than
30 drums of benzol from the entire lot.
We have been offered very high prices for benzol which
we have been obliged to refuse because we cannot fill the orders,
ms
cA(x 2 cf^ Mr. Win. H. lieadowcroft April 8, 1915
and as I wrote you on tho 6th, I do not think it would be wise for
you to depend on getting anything from ue before at least July let.
If by that time we can secure additional material that will be
profitable to work up, a email amount of benzol may be had.
We have negotiated in various directions, and are now
doing so, with ooke oven plants about to start benzol extraction
apparatus. This is the best source from which benzol can be obtained.
The market at the present time is very unsettled. The high pricee
obtained now for benzol is causing the coke oven people to hold out
for longer time contracts at pricee which we would be willing to pay
now but which we cannot believe would be profitable for us to pay ovo:
Very respectfully yours,
Engineer j>t Works.
several years contract.
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April 9,1915,
national Aniline & Chemical Co.
100 William Street
Hew York City.
Attention of Mr. I.I>. Stone-
Dear Mr. Stone:
I am in receipt of your favor of
the 7th inst. and would say in reply that I
had previously road your address with much interest.
I am overrun with Textile people
who want to he helped out. Will you please send
me a list of the things you can supply now or a
little later so that I can rofer them to you?
Most of them want Beta Haphthol very badly.
Yours very truly,
April 9th. 1915
Mr. William ?. Birch, Gen'l. Kgr.,
Dover Boiler Works,
Dover, H. J.
Dear Sir:
Your favor of the eighth inBtant has been re¬
ceived ana Hr. Edison requests me to say in reply that
if yoa lave a carload of our stuff for the Aniline Plant,
please ship this carload to John Killer, Edison Chemical
•WorkB . Silver lake, 3. J. and route it D. 1. &. W. 5&rle
P.. E. Silver Take, H» J.
Please notify Hr. Hiller hy mail ana send the
documents to him.
If you are not sure as to whether this is for
the Aniline Plant, you had letter call me up to-morrow,
because we don't want any mistake.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to ITr. Edison.
April 9,1915.
Lir. H. V /. Jerry,
c/o Canadian Explosives, ltd.
Beloeil Station, P.Q.
Boar Sir:
I am in rocoipt of your favor of the 6th
inst. and in reply beg to say that I do not care
to permit others to use my process of making
synthetic carbolic, as I have expended a large
amount of money to perfect the process in order
that I can hold my own against the Germans when
the war is over.
necessarily, I must therefore keep certain
details of the process secret. The manufacture of
synthetic phenol is, offceourse, no new thing, and
several concerns are starting new plants.
My present plant has reached *000 lbs.,
daily which is its limit of production. Uy now
plant is about l/3 completed and I expect it will
be in operation in about 35 days. It is possible
that I may bo able to sell 8000 or 3000 lbs. daily
from this plant.
Yours very truly.
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APr11 9» 1915*
Hr. Thomas A. Edi3<
The small quantity of 100 lhs. CARBOLIC ACI
per day which you have sold us is, of course, entirel
inadequate for our actual requirements.
As you are probably now in position to esti
the quantity of Carbolic Acid which you may be able t
during Hay, June and July, \
n additional contract with us?
The writer would be very glad '
isignate , if you would like :
Very truly yours,
THE HE1EEH.CHEHICAL WORKS.
yellow Prussiate of Soda, which will at least partially meet our requirements
along with the Aniline Oil and Chlorate of Potash we hope to receive during
the latter half of the year. We therefore make you the following proposition
in confidence.
You to send us 100 pounds Aniline Salt as soon as possible - these
100 pounds to be used as a trial lot by us and should the quality prove
satisfactory we to receive from you four to five thousand pounds to be de¬
livered 1/3 this month, 1/3 about the middle of May and 1/3 about the middle
of June. We estimate that we cannot pay more than 45/ per pound, the 100
pounds sent for trial to be charged at the same price. While we may appear
to be asking a great deal when we suggest such a limited quantity in such
a short period, still we do not feel warranted in assuming greater obliga¬
tions for the reason that prior to learning of your article we had begun
T.A.E.
negotiations for Aniline Oil and a sufficient quantity of Chlorate of Potash.
Business conditions are such that we do not feel safe in contracting for
Aniline Salt in addition to Aniline Oil after June 30th. We very much
hope that you will be able to see your way clear to letting us have the
quantities specified.
Thanking you very much for the opportunity to talk the matter over
with you and for your consideration of our proposal, we remain,
Yours very truly,
WHB/LK
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of April 7th / w /
eties for benzoVP If /
will he over after the month of April,
carbolic for sale at the present time.
I would be very glad to have
any samples of drip oil that you have.
ticularly interested in drip oil.
low working every minute of the
full capacity in getting c
; the present orders.
Very respeotfully yours,
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reply to Letter of .
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Dear Mr. Meadowcroft:-
Devine, of Buffalo, who's tates"that~he built for you a bento’!;;
extraction or*rflfining~ plant. X would appreciate it very much
if you would tell me, confidentially, if this is true and whethe
his work and your relations with him were satisfactory. We may
give him some business in building a small plant for us for the
manufacture of beta-naphthol. We understand he has built severs
Very respect Jylly yours,
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Engineer of Works.
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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
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j^iW^biue pi1 int) General Assembly of Carbolic Stilly rooo-nrl- all the
is furnished with stands. Very little foundation work Is nec¬
essary. All of it will set right on a concrete floor „
Aa operating platform should be built ten feet from this floo^a small
platform with I beams above, th^first one would be a wooden platform.
Then there should be a second platfonn about seven feet six-inches above
the first. This second platform will surrort one Dephlegmator. Dephleg-
mator weighs approximately 1,000 pounds, condenser weighs approximately
200 pounds. Have to provide a ladder or stairway between the two plat¬
forms. Will forward blue prints to toy with dimensions xncd Bhowing the
platfonn indicated, ita^aa^ddfflt^furni ah the stands . The stands
to hold the apparatus for the still and two receiving tanks.
In regard to the Aniline Proposition.
We have an apparatus for manufacturing 4,000 pounds of Aniline Oil h*
a day in 24 hours would be $3100. P. 0. B. Boston we could. give that
within 4 weeks. Carbolic Acid still will be shipped within the time
specified.
phiixipsburg. N. J. 4/10/15.
arranging for your entire
If you do not carry out your plans to make Picric Acid, and are open
to an offer to have the necessary money paid you to build your P^. which ne
understand now is §52,000.00, we stand ready to put up the money and take your
entire^output. We have a definite offer in writing from the roprosontative
We understand that there are also others who are ready to put up the
=?: ££«£ : 1^.,
„ “ to a fair consideration, because we were the xirst on we grounu,
md“f we are not mistaken, we wore the 'first to suggeet putting up the money to
build your plant.
Our original proposition was to take your entire output, md we had
our plans all rade to go into the Picric Acid businoes on alargescale.aTing
principally to our inability to finance the proposition, and partly to sentimen¬
tal reasons, we tried to make other arrangements, but we proceeded nevertheless
SPECIFY “BAKER’S ANALYZED”
j. T. BAKER ffiSJI CHEMICAL CO.
FHIIXIPSBCRG. N. J.
. _ +vio picric Acid business end will be ready,
5 th^tima £?££" Oartolic
io Acid daily, counting every day amonth. are enlargi ve«a» Soda Bnd
lie Acid from you, and if we are disappointed in this reBpectweshail
*«* ^Tc^Wes^haf
"SriS^rSl^ inlolitlon to advise us* definiteiy what your
are Monday, Ld the writer will he in Hew York on that day and can he
ed through tZ Chemists* Club. V/e trust you will advise us promptly and
our propositibn due consideration.
SPECIFY “BAKER’S ANALYZED’
ttt t^ap.p so ™ coNgp,ACT \nm j. t . bazer chemical oo. hob carbolic aci^
that was merely a matter of form, a«| so that Mr. Edison could count on
S’sSSLJ'ifSi^g^.sS' SJ-imi 2'tSfs: Ziiii*.
the next day, Monday.
0„ uonfiay I t.U Kr. HS.« »W STw.'SUTti^'li?.
previous day, and Mr. Bdisonsaidhewouldhave J Baker found
with, very much difficulty Hr. Edison • definite order for the quan-
in which to decide whether 1 or not f , . This interview about the
tity of Sulphuric Acid that would be reared. fhJB inuer Edison
Sulphuric Acid took place in the ’i£ Ww x. I call the works at
requested me to telephone imme dia 1-7 H*' Bayer was m Boston on this
phillipsburg and Hr.Garris t ola ne Ola the Bpre carious situation in re-
Pioric Contract. I exflain to Hr. Burris imperatively necessary to get
gard to Sulphuric Acid, “ft to him. He said he would call
in touch with Hr. Baker at r After a while (toward noon) Hr.
him up on the long ai3ta?oe telephone. . he had got in touch with
preoariousness of the situation and a s . • on *h6 t6lephone the
fo2 ra°Sk^PcoSlusion with his parties there.
In the afternoon of In»<v, ^“i^taaliS "i*h
stance call from Boston, from llr. Baker, ne saia
the Herrimac Chemical Company. That he had seen Hr.. Wilder, the Vice
-2-
•oresia-nt of that Company during the morning and had given him full pr-
tfculars and prices, which Hr. Wilder had said were satisfactory and had
asked Hr. Bate r to come hack in the afternoon to get a definite reply.
Hr Ba^er said that he had gone hack in the afternoon and ltr. wilder had
°une uwa^ and would not return until Thursday, hut had left word that his
Company," the Herrimac Chemical Company could not consider the proposition,
favorably.
I urged upon Hr. Baker the absolute necessity of settling this mat¬
ter up quickly, and he said that he was about to return to ITew York on
the train leaving Boston at 5 o'clock this same afternoon, and would he
hack in Hew York*- about 10 o’clock at night, and would see certain parties
in the morning and was certain that he could place the matter without
anv doubt whatever. I told him that it was absolutely necessar;- to have
th“ whole natter closed up not later than noon to-morrow, larch 24th,1915.
He said he could do it without doubt.
'his-'
THE UNITED STATES FINISHING COMPANY,
ich es FINISHERS OF COTTON PIECE GOODS ,
''ITiroDKOAi jwav.
April 12th, 1915;
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Orange , If. J. . ^ 4£|oT4-
lily clear Mr. Edison:- u)OA —
X have your letter of April 10th, returning the two
strike-offs made from Paranitraniline, and I have written at once to our
mill at Pawtucket, R. I. to mail to you direct a sample of the German
produot in powdered form, which is the only form we have used.
The price of the powdered form before the war was
.163 per lb. A couple of years ago we paid about .15 a lb. , and 'the
lowest nrice we have a record of in some years was about 14?T. Since the
war, however, the importations have ceased, and the prices have naturally
risen to exhorbitant figures.
Hot having purchased the paste form, I have no record
of its cost. If yon think it would be desirable for me to make inquiries
among some of the German importers regarding the old price of Paranitrani-
line°in paste form X will be glad to do so.
I am glad to know that you contemplate making Beta
Haphtol in large quantities, and will also be glad to receive the improved
quality of Paranitraniline to which you refer in your letter.
a;o.i.
Pur. Agent.
,J. 1>. MOIUVAX & COMPANY
KXl'OHT IJEl’AUTMENT
[{.April 12, 1915.
Thomas Edison, Esq,
Orang g ,
How Jersey,
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I.Iy dear Ur. Edison: *" fly-. ^ bB/-e,'i,K-|fe‘ **“SW?*
V/ill you not he ?1M moufjj to advi3e? what progress I
you are making in the Sum *
Government and how e
not also tell us what i
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made in rogardj
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Subject :
Contract Ho. 25235, *£tod Apr. 5, 1915, fdT 270,000 lbs
Carbolic Acid.
/
Sir : - /
„ , . n-r Anrii 5. 1915, the Bureau is very
date of Contract./
S. fhe /Bureau regrets the delay in replying to your letter
which was inadvertently sent to file without action.
3t>eotfu:
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Chief of Bureau.
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Mr. 1.1. K. Hutchison, ,
c/o Laboratory of T lioSEJS~A._j.dis ojl-, -
Orange , H . J.
Copy to Haval Proving Ground.
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AODFTESS all communicat
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We havo your favor of the 5th with further jV* ty
referenoe to the extraction of benzol at our Jt ^ J) £■ i
plants in this city, and believo that your state- W’ Ji. A .
ment is entirely clear as, contained in this let- v \ y »**
ter. However, wo bog to refer back to your let- . jft y , t
ter. of Itarch 20th, in which you suggested puttingN. \ i, \ J"' Af , .
in the plant yourself and operating the same . ' \}f <\ >' y
Kindly advise us whether you are still interested . 5/ , *
in such a connection. Lj} /' Jt
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In that letter you named certain prices for £ Sr t* e£- rV
light oils on the basis of furnishing and operating**!,® <*> «, J j
the plant yourself. In the event that you have \ y#' jQ>
changed your mind about this method of operation, plf » _ i . v
kindly give us some idea regarding the prices [V /» J
that you would pay for the benzol from a plant \/ •& e?1
entirely financed and operated by ourselves, and ^ „ /J
state whether the separation of the various light .. y ® J'
oils by us before shipment would be a material &• ^ lVv t
advantage, or whether we could roalize substantially y ft) JK
the same prices on tho various contents if wo rf a}" M \ i %
should send all out simply as recovered from V \ {*£ y V
crude form. / \p ' /
Very truly yours, vj- y / V
Very truly yours, ^ /yfy ^
CITIZEHS GAS COHPAHX. if* Air $
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IJjgy/feejfe^r.12,1915
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Dear Sir,
/ your favor of the 9th, and am glad to
address and other remarks on the present
i/that you know what American manufacturers
I am in receipt <
hear that you had already read t
coal tar products situation,
are trying to do.
With regard to/ your being overwhelmed by textile people who
want supplies, would say thi/ is simply the experience of all dealers in
these products, and it is sitaply impossible for us to meet these demands
under the present condition!. We are making considerable quantities of
direct black, blues and seyeral other colors for cotton, acid blacks, yellows,
red, blues and other color's for wool and silk; large quantities of nlgrosines
for leather, ink, shoe polish, etc., and a number of miscellaneous colors for
various purposes, but are quite unable to fill all the orders which are sent
us from the various sources.
We are making beta naphthol regularly for use in our works,
and were expecting to/increase the quantity at once, for resale to those who
wish to use the pM.t direct, but just at present unfortunately there^is
^a-^njpfgS^lnnMhthS.ine , and we are unable to get all that we want. We
Crnrmnt, therefore inareaSe our beta naphthol manufacture until we can get
further supplies of naphthaline.
If you care to refer to us any of the inquiries you are
receiving, we should be very glad to give them our best attention, and do
what we can to help people out, but as we have already said it is impossible
to keep every one supplied.
Thanking you for your favor, I remain
Yours very truly.
Arm 3£tfn. 191o.
;;r . V? . T- . Bolton , Preas . ,
Bronx Company,
177th Ctreet & Bronx P.iver.
ITs '.t York City,
3ear Pir:
T have receive C your favor of the
ninth instant, and have given careful consid¬
eration to your proposition in regard to Ani¬
line Salt .
j.et ."/? say in reply that if X tied
up ay plant on sales for so short a tire I
would lose money, and of cours-- that is not to
he thought of. Xf you can get Aniline Salt from
others on so short a contract you. had better do
so because 7 am really ratting up my plant only
to help out our American reople.
Yours very truly,
April 12th. 1915.
American Paper and Pulp Association,
18 EaBt 41st Ptreet,
ITew York City.
Gentlemen:
t am in receipt of your favor of the 8th inBtant and
be£ to say in reply that T am building a plant to make the basic
materials for dyes such as, for instance, Bitrobenzol, Aniline
Oil, Paranitraniline , Paraphenylene diamine , Acetanilid, Pipheny-
lamine and Carbolic Acid.
''any of these materials. In conjunction with others,
are used by Dyers to produce colors in their vats. Blacks and
browns are made with Aniline Oil, Chlorate of Soda or Chlorate
of Potash aijd an Acid. Past reds are made with Beta Haphthol
and Paranitraniline . Infixed up apparatus to make a blue.
I think there are a number of people intending to start
soon to use the Be basic materials to make a line of dyes.
Yours very truly.
Johnstown* Pa,, April 12, 1915.
My dear Mr, Edison:
The Birzels were shut down yesterday to change, the deph
lagmator connections of' which I wrote you a day. or two ago. In
operating today, we were -able to get much 'better, results, and in
no case l. did the wash toil flood threugh into,,tho 50^ benzol.
Ir'was very much surprised to find- in putting a.gaug?, the
bottom'- of the Hirzel Still seems to take about 5 lbs. pressure
■ to. 'push the steam through the . column. ’ I . also put a mercury gauge
on top of the column to see -if there was arty pressure in the stilly
hub it showed xi'o thing.
It is rather difficult to regulate ;the temperature correctly,
/ and I have been waiting on some recording thermometers which will
.'give ub a daily record ‘Of this, but the makers. have disappointed,
ub in delivery. ; 1 ' ‘
I put an ordinary thermometer connected into the-tslde of the
etili andi find that ;it has . great variations in, temperature. .in the
middle' pjO-rtion of the "still, withot^ry-falight change at. topi,’- Ah r
other trouble which :;I am experiencing,, iV tFat\ we. turn another /' _
in appreciable^ amount of eteam into the type Which carries the oil .
from. tW’lheaterhin the top of the building to. the Hi'rzel -column, th|'
steam/apdarantlybbachaeBp expanding and" shuts- Off the flow: of Oil t^-
the 'stilr/This ief.no doubt due to the, fact that the oil from.the' hefi-
heater/ idl from 96 to 98 -degrees temperature and does not condense tf£
steam, -r,
I Ban making a connection dower down so that the vapors may
rise wi? h the oil in going to the still at-' the' s ame place/ We
have stilled off yesterday one batch of 90£ benzol, and am en¬
closing a slip which shows the laboratory record -of this change.
Out . of aplprpximately' 25 hundred gallons we got about a thousand
el.e.Wh hundred gallons of 90^ benzol. In the remainder there is sop-
t otpojL , p ttylol , etcj The reason we did not . get more is because we »
id/not iriptruct our factories properly from Mo. '1 badger, bfei*i£, and
Al^BitfceiiLgkAncipal reasons for not being able to. make a good split fv
was due to the fact that we have continually had: so much oil and' “;<■
our 5QJ& gasoline caused flood?,' the effects of floods which I have
explained to you.
...I-'bej.Jlie, t/ie flooding ia stoppedfnow by receiving the ourrent of
gaajinyfojf- the.: dephlagmator^ttifii* it continues to work- a day or twor
vfill change’ the oil Hirzelthen I think we will he free from the
: contamination of wash oil..
: . /V' ; .
A'/ \8° doubt' some of our trouble was caused by the temperature
-.gWting-too .high in .the center of the Hirzel . column, , Had flopds
.ift/somewhat'-leffs/temjperatures.; We are carrying" on experiments in
ifimng everything that we may do-to get the plant, in good 'operating
japape as soon, as- possible j for-; we -realize that- you need ithe , benzol.
J - ’ I have not written Mr. ,IUcaa or the B.i.rjoa I-on & Steel
Cp.. about our' changes for Mr/ Carter, chemist in the Coke; Dept,
of; the Dims, Co. has been here; for about three weeks. ■ He was l ,
Bdnthheee; by Mr. Sucas ,i and- he:; keeps very ■careful', notes', of’- Sverythiffe
"dng that we do , and . reports daily/byT letter and, telegrant’to -Lucas. k-
V I Save explained .to. Mr/: Carter oarefuliy every change etc. tf?)>
we have made and reason for doing so, and he hasr taken very complete :
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April 18th. 1915.
Mr. W. H. Mason,
Coke Oven Department.
Cambria Steel Oo.,
Johnstown, pa.
DearMr. Mason:
I had your long letter typewritten for Mr. Edison,
and he read it very carefully, after which he sent yoa a telegram
about wo filing the Hirzel "tills , .which you probably reoeived. He
his full faith in you that you will be able to work out these vari¬
ous problems and be able to get out some Benzol for us before long.
There is lots that is new, especially in the chemi¬
cal line . Vr'e are naking contracts for Aniline Oil and Aniline
Salts. Vie are also under fire in regard to Carbolic. I think Mr..
Edison has been the target of every Broker in Hew York who has heard
that some Picric is wanted abroad. l"'e have been overrun with them,
but the thing is now getting in shape to look a little more like real
business.
X would suggest that you keep him posted as frequent¬
ly as you oanflnd time to write. I know you are busy, - very busy,
but it doe a him an awful lot of good to hear that you are making
progre ss .
Yours very truly ,
April 12 th.
1915.
A. V' . Matters b Company* Inc.,
1182 Broadway ,
Pew 'Co r> City.
Gentlemen:
T am In receipt of yonr favor of
the 8th instant, ana in reply leg to say that
T don't s$y. that T can do anything nov; in re¬
gard to yonr proposition. The newspapers are
publishing the news 6f my plant all over the
country, and the Textile people are flooding me
with letters, l.'y total capacity will he sold
euichly .
Yours very, truly.
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Mr. S. r'akaki ,
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Pew York City.
Dear Mr. faicaki:
I am in receipt os’ your favor of
the ninth instant, enclosing copy of certificate
of analysis made on the sample of Diphenylanine
which I sent you a few days ago. I am glad to
see that it proved so satisfactory .
I can m?ke it even still purer
than the sample , if desirable , and -1 th very little
more expense. T noted f 1.65 to the Dnsslan rep¬
ress MaUve you sent a few day? ago. hut am afraid
that the order will not he placed at that price.
V'hat do you think?
Yours very truly,
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, Hew Jersey,
bear Sir: —
I have your letter of the 12th inst. informing me that
you can make diphenylamine purer than the second sample whic!
proved satisfactory to
> and I should say that if you can a
: purer at very little additional expense.
:ertair.ly would
like to have it purer so that the Japanese Army's acceptance
would he doubly sure.
As to the Russian inquiry, I believe that your price of
51.65 will so through, for Colonel Jc'-Scvcuaky informed our
partner, Ur. Bryner, Jr., that 4@r thought he could place or¬
der without cabling to Petrograd, but since he cabled before
that the Aetna Explosive Company can supply it for .$1.00 per
pound, he thinks it better to cable to Petrograd and ask their
permission to place order at 5)1.65.
At any ra"-e, I believe it more advisable for our mutual
advantage not to lower the price until you can make a definite
osition about the deliveries and quantities at. the end of
propc
Thee. A. Fdison. .Page 3
this week.
Re received a cable this morning that the Japanese
Army will take seven tons of £340 lbs, delivery to begin at
the Factory on the 15th of May at the rate of 130 pounds per
day, if v>e, (Mitsui & Company , Ltd. ) guarantee the arrival
of the goods in Japan under penalty. X cabled back to them
stating that we did not like such a strict contract and if
they made the contract clauses too strict we will sell it
tc Russia.
When you can make a definite proposition about deliveries
and quantity, I think we will oable to Japan and will try my
best to force them to accept your proposition as a whole.
I shall be much obliged to ycu if you will make a definite pro¬
position as soon as possible, stating time of deliveries and
Very truly yours,
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Mitsui & Company, ltd.,
25 I'adison Avenue , _
Hew York City. Attention - Hr. S. Takaki.
Dear Sir:
?his will confirm the telephone messages which Ur.
Headowcroft has sent you to-day to the effect that I can fur¬
nish you with as much as one hundred thousand (lOOrjOOO) poundB
of pure Diphenylamine at a price of one dollar and twenty-five
cents (§1.24) per pound, and that X eoul d start deliveries on
June first, 1915 at the rate of five hundred (500) pounds per
day.
I also keg to confirm the message I send you over the
telephone to the effect that you could ask the P.ussian one dol¬
lar and thirty-seven certt.B (§1.37) a pound, which would allow
you a 10j5 commission. Since then I have telephoned you to he
sure and get the Pussian order if possible, as I could perhaps
make a little lower price if necessary.
Yours very truly.
.Itty/lrlir /SMM //m/iUH rJ^lw:
Tills is to confirm ”r • ’leado.vcroft 's telephone
conversation with too Writer this morning, "i?e Kits
a firm offer to deliver fivs hundred (500) pounds of
pure Dlphsnylamine per day, delivery to commence in
thirty-five days after receipt cf the order, the total
quantity, say 100,000 pounds, to be increased i" we
obtain an order for additional quantity."
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OF
"N. CHINA WOOD OIL (TUNG Oil)
intS!fe?ecl*^Kti5ofmant!.f acture of
in | fact is now putting in a Car-
Having heartptb*
were shown through your Gs
very much desiring to see
garding this subject, X h!
letter.
:id Works at Si!
as much as pos
led to send you
very much like to seo your apparatus in operation unuugu uui
own is practically all either purchased or under construction,
hut none of it is as yet set up.
I believe we are having a very good Bensol rectifying
column (SO") built, excellent sulfonating kettles, well arranged
fusion kettles, and good drying pans for the Sodium salt.
The drawings of any of these X would be glad to show
(as they are my own ideas) if they are of interest to any of
Or, I would be very glad at any time to place^ at your
disnosal , for a suitable length of time, and without cnarge,
a set of my four volume Work on China Wood Oil, if it at any
time interests you, as a partial acknowledgement of tne courtesy
should you be inclined to favor my request to visit your car¬
bolic Acid Works.
I perhaps may be known to you through the Celluloid
Cylindrical Record subject as I have some of the very early
patents along that line, and was for a short time with the
Columbia Phonograph Co. at Bridgeport, Conn.
I fully
COMPILERS AND PUBLISHERS OF
patents. Technology and bibliography
OF
China Wood Oil (tung Oil)
Hr. Thomas A. Edison-2.
in making the reouest that I have and I shall gracefully
accept your refusal to comply with it if you so decide, hut
if for any reasons you should allow me this privilege, I
will he more than glad to reciprocate in any way that X
possibly can.
I am not at a loss to know how to operate iny
machinery hut I like to learn all I can where ever I can
and sometimes it is surprising what information is avail¬
able if you only try hard enough to get it.
Hay I have the pleasure of receiving your reply.
Respectfully,
OHS/211.
845 Broad St.,
Hewark, H. J.
Frances Patterson, Broker
SHELLAC, WAXES, CHEMICALS, Etc.
1085 Drexel Building
ni^pril 14th, 1915,
Hr. Thomas A. Edison, H U i*
Bast Orange, K. J.
Sear Sir:-
CARBOLIC APIS CRYSTALS:
able to telk to
glad to 'take up the question with you, and will
Orange to straighten the details out in person.
, Woxild make a contract if price is right, for delivery to
the end of the year, commencing say Juno 1st, if you can deliver
hy that time.
Take the matter up with me, and 1 think I can place the
■business.
Very truly yours,
f o )
n 'K'-t { ***%*
/BbTilsoon d oil you think you will be If
about contract on this article. ^^I^will be very
r*bver to East
ERAECES PATTERSOH.
KEITH CAR COMPANY
April 14, 1915.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange , M • J .
Referring further to the matter of four 10,000 gallon
tank cars. We received your telegram of April 15th asking if
we could not send used cars to Sydney, and we replied that we
understood this was in answer to our Western Union night telegram
dated April 12th, as we went into this matter very fully in our
telegram of April 13th which reads as follows
"John II. Boak representing Intercolonial and
other Canadian government railways informs us today
that any empty tanks new or used shipped from points
in United States to points in Canada, must pay not
only the duty of thirty percent hut seven and one half
percent additional account war tax. The regulations
are evidently so rigid that we do not care to pay thirty
seven and one half percent of the total cost of our
equipment which would he very much more than our rental
for one year would amount to and run risk of getting
the amount of duty refunded. Mr. Boak suggests that if
matter was taken up with Alfred T. Weldon, Assistant
General freight Agent, Intercolonial Road, Moncton,
H ew Brunswick either direct hy you or through the
Dominion Iron & Steel Company, tanks would he furnished
you. If you can got them to furnish cars we are willing
to release you from your agreement on tho four cars as
we desire to do what is right and fair in this matter."
Yours truly,
- ' President.
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Soma short time ago in answer to an inquiry made by us,
you wrote that in about 30 or 40 days you expected to have Phenol
for sale . We are anxious to know how this matter is coming on and
whether you can give us any more definite information as to when you
will have Phenol for sale. At v/hat price. We are in the market
for thii product for our own use.
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Ino.,
Orange, N.J.
cHt \
As you are no douht , aware the Board of Trustees
of The Chemists' Club has decided to abolish the Research
Bureau of The Chemists* Club Library.
For a year I did practically all the work of the
Research Bureau and upon severing my connection with the
same in September 1914 X opened my present office for the
searching of chemical patents and literature, the prepara¬
tion of bibliographies and the translation of technical and
scientific articles.
I should be glad to take over all work of this
% kind you have been in the habit of assigning to the Chemists'
Club, at rates similar to theirs, and can assure you that
service rendered by me will be entirely satisfactory and
leave little to be desired.
Yours very truly,
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\ April 15, 1915.
W. H. Meadoworoft, Esq., A / . (
Care Edison Laboratory, <dJ !~Y' C<t 3 ’ ^t"v' ^
Orange, Hew Jersey.^ ^JL .IcXfij i
^ar Sir: CU~ W -
Ur. Edison wired Mr: Insull dn Marob 35th, 1915,
asking if any of Mr. Insull' s gas oompanies had for sale any
exoess drip oil. Inquiries were made, and Mr. Insull advis¬
ed Mr. Edison that the Peoples Gas, Light & Coke Company and
the Public Service Company of northern Illinois botn had made
oontraots with the duPont Powder Company for their exoess
drip oil for two or three years.
We learned yesterday that some of the subsidiary
oompanies of the Middle West Utilities Company, of which Ur.
Insull is President, will probably have 5000 or 6000 gallons
per year of drip oil to sell. It has been suggested that
this oould.be shipped in steel barrels.
i do not know whether this small amount of drip oil
would interest Mr. Edison, but thought it best to mention it.
If you will please advise me, I will get you in correspondence
with the proper party.
Yours truly,
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Tear Sir:
I am in receipt of your favor of
th e 14th in at ant asking permissiongfco visit
my Oarholio Acid Plant.
Tt is not true that a party of
visitors were shown through this plant, and
I cannot very well comply with your request,
aa I intend to stay in the business and meet
the competition of the Germans after the war
is over. 7 have expended a large amount of
money to develop and per^eot the process.
Yours very truly.
ALL COMMON ICATIO I
EXPORT DEPART
,J. P. MORGAN & COMPANY
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Thomas A. Edison, BSCt.,
Orange,
Nov; Jersey.
Dear Mr. Edison:
I bee to acknowledge receipt of your lette:
and am greatly pleased to learn that you hope to make a shipment
of toluol in the near future.
In regard to the drums which you propose using, I might
say that in placing an order with another manufacturer recently
v/o stipulated that the drums should ho extra heavy galvanised
of 110 gallons capacity and 210 Iho. weight; hung to have an
inside diameter of two inches and the vent an inside diameter of
ono-half inch or throe-quarters inch, the drums to ho provided
with heavy rolling hoops, plugs to ho flush with surface and
below hoops and chime. * to also specifiod that the follov;ing
lettering should be embossed on the heads of tho drums in capital
letters of suitable sizo:
) . Between those letters we
requested that the Government Marie, the "broad arrow", and below
all tho word "TOLUOL". A sketch of the "broad arrow" is enclosed
herewith.
In answer to your inquiry as to whether shipments of
ten drums at a time would bo too small, I would sny that it is nios
T.A.K. Esq.
April 16, 19 1 !’> •
desirable that the toluol he shipped at the earliest moment
possible. At the same time, if you are producing at a fairly
rapid rate and can promise a shipment of a full carload at tun
early date, it might ho well to defer shipping a lot of ton dru:
until a full carload is ready to move. Vfhen do you thin.-, tn.it.
bo?
Til this connection wo venture to refer to our le
of March 22nd transmitting un extract of a letter received
Colonel Phipps, the Chief Inspector of high Sxpl&sivo:
the
British Government, whoso address is in care of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, South Bethlehem, Pa. May wo inquire if you
have communicated with Col. Phipps in regard to the inspoctio:
•e jirodnoing?
of the toluol which ;
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, H.J.
Bear Sir;-
.■—*& — . I acknowledge with thanks receipt of your favor
of yesterday authorizing me to"negotiate contracts for Aniline
Oil on the basis of 29^ per pound f.oib Silver lake, H.J.
and contracts. for Aniline Salt at 35^ per pound f.o.b. Silver
Lake, H.J., containers extra, less .5% commission . un-
I am negotiating with several concerns on this
basis and will report progress as made. In the meantime,
for your information and guidance, wish to say the General
Chemical Co. have their respresentatives visiting the Textile
trade and offering Oil at sliding-scale prices from 50/ per
pound for uay delivery to 11/ per pound for late 1916 delivery
and 1 understand have concluded several contracts on this basis.
In view of this 'fact, you will realize it will be
pretty hard and uphill work for me to Negotiate sales on the
basis of figures mentioned in your letter of yesterday. ,
however will do my best and as promised report progress' as
made .
HJA-126
Akron, Ohio, April l6th, 1915.
Laboratory of Thomas A. EdiBon,
Orange, N.J.
Gentlemen:
We delayed answering your letter of the
10th until such time ae we could go over the
question of Aniline Oil with our Mr. H. S. Firestone.
As you undoubtedly know we are large users
of Aniline Oil and would be glad to go over this matter
with some representative of your office. The writer
expects to go East within the next week, and, if you
will arrange an interview with some representative of
your Company familiar with this product, we will be
glad to arrange this trip accordingly and visit your
office.
Yours very truly,
THE FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Purchasing Agent,
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Wien we last discussed together the matter of
Benzole supply, my recollection is that you were taking
under consideration the question of fitting up for nitrating
Benzole as a step in the production of other derivatives,
and you thought that the engagement with Doctor King might
have some bearing upon your conclusions. I have finished
the installation here for the production of Nitrobenzole in
a small way, and now find that it is as difficult to obtain
nitrating acids as it at first was to secure Benzole. I am
wondering whether you have run into the same trouble, and if
you have not, whether it would be possible for me to oDtain
some Nitrobenzole from you.
•ffe consume at the factory here about 700 pounds per
day, for various purposes, and it oocurs to me if you will at
an early day have a quantity in excess of your requirements
you might consider supplying us. We have at present less than
six weeks supply and must find some way very soon, either to
nitrate or obtain Nitrobenzole. We suppose, at some price,
nitrating acids can be obtained.
April 16th, 1915.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison - #2.
We have at present on hand and coming, between
fifteen hundred and two thousand gallons of Benzole, and
we suppose before this is exhausted, we will be able to
obtain more, but if we cannot procure chemicals to nitrate
it, our supply will be of no avail. .
you will be interested to hnow that the Barrett
Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia are out today with a
demand that all their old customers for Toluol must maMe a
contract for 1916 immediately, for their retirements, at
$2.00 per gallon, or risk being caught without a supply
entirely. I presume with your knowledge of the situation
you would hardly recommend our making a contract at this
figure. We use the article exclusively as a solvent,
can substitute Benzole, which, it seems to me. will be very
plentiful before the close of this year.
If, with your usual spirit of helpfulness, you
„„ ...l.t «. on th. Hltrobenzole proportion, w s'""1
indebtedness to yon nonld be inore.sed. and rlttkindest
regards* I a®
Yours very truly(
COMPANY
Treas. &
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Hr. Edwin W. Preston, Sec’y.,
Standard Essence Company,
Haywood , V. . J ♦
Pear Hr. Preston:
I received your favor of the 16th inBtant and
have carefully notea Its contents.
In regard to acids, I understand that the Gen¬
eral Chemical Company Is all sola out. I contracted with them
for a year's supply, and think that I was about the last to get
under the bars. Have you tried the Gras sell! Company? I feel
certain that will sell 98 acid, as they tola me so. I would
suggest that you try the Baker Chemical Company. Phllllpsburg,
H. J. They have a small Hitrio Acid Plant.
I exrect to commence making Aniline Oil on about
Hay 10th, and may be able to spare you some Hitrobenzol. It de¬
pends upon whether my absorbing plants will get tbe Ben sol for
ve in time .
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two dollars (§2) during the war. but I believe you will be able
to get plenty of Ben col at a moderate price In August when two
or three of the large Steel Works will be making It.
If you find you cannot get Hitric or mixed AoldB ,
let me know and I will see if there is anything further I can do
for you.
Yours very truly.
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STANLEY DOGGETT.
99 John arid 11-13 CLiff Sts.,
Mew York 4/17/15,
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, H.J.
Dear Sir:-
Confirming understanding had with your Mr. Meadow-
croft by phone this monring, I enclose you herwith my official
order #9877 for 35 tons of Aniline Oil, quality to equal the
English product, at net price to me of 29/5 per pound f.o.b.
Silver Lake, K.J. drums charged for extra and returnable
at same price as charged if in good reuseable order with
90 days, shipment to be made at the rate of 5 tons per
month June to December, 1915 inclusive. .Terms as usual, 30 days
net or less 1?6 off for cash in 10 days.
Furthermore, in accordance with phone conversation
hod with your Mr. Meadowcroft, you have authorized me to sell
on the same basis 35 tons of your Aniline Oil shipment 5 tons
monthly, June to December inclusive, and I expect to dispose
of this quantity the fore part of next week and will advise
you if my efforts in this direction are successful or not.
Awaiting your confirmation of this communication,
I am,
Your 8 very respectfully,
(signed) Stanley Doggett.
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TI«E AND RUBBER COMA ANY RASE THEM PROPOOITION ANILINE OIL MONTHLY DELIVERY
BALANCE THIS YEAN AM TO BEE AGAIN TOMORROW AT NOON MR ADAM* PURCHASING
AfiENT HEBITATIN* ABOUT aotffW WITH ME ACCOUNT OF GENERAL CHEMICAL CO OFF¬
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PRICE EQUAL GENERAL CHEMICAL’NIRE ME PORTAGE HOTEL LOWEBT LIMIT TEN TONS
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April 19th. 1915.
Hr. E. J. Doyle.
Edison Building,
120 WeBt Adams .Street,
Chicago , Ill.
Dear Hr. Doyle:
I received your favor of
the 15th instant, which I Bhowed to Hr.
Edison. He re guests me to say that he
finds, generally speaking, that all drip
oils oontain very little Bensol and
Soluol, and for that reason are of little
value to us, and he has therefore ceased
to ask for any further samples .
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Hr. Edison,
April 131h, 1915.
”1sb Prance a Patterson,
1085 Drexel Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Hadam:
I an in receipt of your favor
of the 14th instant in regard to Carbolic
Acid crystals, and beg to say in reply that
ray second plant will cone tinto operation in
about thirty days, and if my Benzol Absorb¬
ing Plants give me enough Bensol I will be
in position to sell some Carbolic.
Yours very truly.
Frances Patterson, Broker
SHELLAC, WAXES, CHEMICALS, Etc.
1085 Drexel Building
PiiiLAUEi-pniMpril 19th, 1915
Mr. Thornes A. Edison,
East Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Confirn conversation with sou over the phone regarding
CARBOLIC ACID CRYSTALS U.S.P. 39/40$, ana your offer of
2 tons per day 0 ^4 P°* ™ •
aruma extra. E.O.B. Silver lake. N. J. . deliveries to commence June 1st
Sorry not to have been able to .close this up ciuickly, tut
•So had to IS, and will have a reply hy to-morrow morning, when I
will take it up Tilth you either hy telephone or in person.
PARANITRAKILIER: Just as soon as you are in position to offer
this irtlcle for 'tie balance of year, vmtld he glad to have you take
it up with me.
Very truly yours.
F P/G.
We shall he glad to hear from you on
the subject In due course, and beg to remain.
Cl/T
P. S. The fourth drum has just been received, but
not yet examined.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
MONSANTO CHEMICAL YORKS.
Office of the Superintendent.
Report Re: Quality of Edison Phenol.
A. »»»• of «» flrot
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The cost of redistilling this quantity of Phenol in labor, steam,
power and water amounts to about $9.00.
Respectfully submitted.
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Chemical Company of America,
320 Broadway,
Hew York City.
Gentlemen:
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your
favor of the 15th instant, and would say in re¬
ply that my second Garb ol ic Acid Plant will he
ready for operation soon after the middle of
next month. How much will yon want in monthly
shipments for the remainder of the present year?
Youtb veiy truly.
LEATHER DRESSINGS,
BLACKINGS,
FINISHINGS.
DISINFECTANTS,
UQUIsDoap specialties
ilaxtm Ctiemtcal Company
iflnmifactiiriiig. Bmportinu nub exporting €(]tmi2ts
Eighth Avenue. 1 20th and 1 21st Streets
Mr. Meadowcroft,
Edison Laboratories,
Orange, N.J.
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Dear Sir:
Confirming our conversation by 'phone this afternoon,
I am asking you to kindly give us a quotation on 500 tons of
Carbolic Acid (Crystals? deliveries to commence in about 45/60 days
at the rate of 2 tons per day. V/e would appreciate this if you
would kindly give us as early a quotation as possible.
Yours very respectfully,
MAXIM CHEMICAL CO.
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April 20, 1915.
Dear Sir;- /
According to our records, we have only received
up to the present time 1200 lhs. of CARBOLIC ACID against
contract calling for 100 lhs. daily beginning March 15th.
You consequently owe ub 2000 pounds at the present
time and we should greatly appreciate delivery of this quantity
to our truck when it makes the next delivery of Formaldehyde
Very truly, yours,
MICAS’ W0BKR.
GS/K.
V.Prest,
J.RAMSBURG
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PITTSBURGH, PA.
Ur. VAn.H. Ueadoworoft ,
% Edison Laboratory,
Orange , Ill.
Dear Sir:
April 20, 1915. .
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send you two (2) copies of our pamphlets on benzol recovery,
which I am doing very gladly under separate cover.
Will you please call to Ur. Edison's attention the
fact that the H. Koppers Company are constructing for the In¬
land Steel Company a oomplete benzol plant to recover 4,000
gallons of crude benzol per day and to work up into pure pro¬
ducts. This plant was contracted for on or about the 20th
day of Uarch and is so far along that we feel confident that
we will have same in full operation before the 1st of June.
I am drawing this to his attention, because he had an idea
that, while we could build excellent benzol plants which would
work, and give excellent grades of products, that speed was
not one of our strong points. There is little red tape in this
organization and we aan get out work as fast as anybody in the
United States, if not faster.
My idea in writing you this at this time, is that Ur.
Edison may feel, that he would like to have us build for him
a benzol plant or some part of a benzol plant, such as wash
oil stills, pure benzol stills, dephlegmatorB, columns, wash¬
ers; If so, we should be very glad to assist him.
I shall be in Hew York in the near future and if Mr.
Edison would like to discuss this, I should be very glad to
come out to Orange to do so. I recall with much pleasure the
afternoon I spent with Mr. Edison and yourself some months
ago, at the time when the Cambria plant was being started, and
it would give me great pleasure to see you both again.
Yours very truly.
H. KOPPERS COMPAMY.
CJR: AP
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April aoth, 1915.
Hr, Thomas A. Edison,
West Orange, H. J.
Dear Sir:
In reference to the writer's conversation with
you of to-day, would say that we will take your entire pro¬
duction of Crystal Carbolic Acid, prime quality, up to three
thousand tons for delivery over the balance of this year at
76-.,.. per pound, f.o.b. Dew fork; drums extra. Terms, cash
on~i)elivery and we will furnish you with either bankers re¬
ference or a oaitvact guaranteed by securities satisfactory
The only stipulation that v/e would make beyond a
guarantee by you that the quality of the Carbolic Acid would
be prime, is that you give us assurance of the specific dates
for deliveries. If this is satisfactory to you, please pre¬
pare contracts and advise us over the telephone what you re¬
quire us to do in the matter of assuring you of the fulfill¬
ment of the contract on our part and we will execute the con¬
tract to your satisfaction.
Thanking you for your attention and awaiting your
earl;r advice, v/e are,
Yours very truly,
IilDEHh]
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Anllino Building Ho.l
308.62 1.5128 .028544
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Yours very truly,
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TORONTO ONT APL 21 1915
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TH08 A EDISON,
ORANGE Nd K
pLtt8E SEND H IRTZEL PLANS AND PLANS Of ABSORBERS IN TWO SEPARATE PAC/OS
,Y LETTER POST WITH SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP SEND MESSENGER WITH
THEM TO NEW YORK TO ENSURE DESPATCH BY TONIGHTS TRAIN, WILL BADGER
PEOPLE LET US HAVE PLANS,
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CABLE. ADRESS* INCHEMCO
TELEPHONES* BROAD 997-8-9
April 21st, 1915.
JEr,. Thomas A. Edison,
Vest Orange, 3. I.
Dear Sir: Attention of Tfr. Meadowcroft .
The writer did not return to his office until so
late tnis afternoon that he was obliged to leave immediate¬
ly to catch a train, having been delayed in conferring with
his banker . Ve have about decided to furnish yo u with s.
security com- any bond for the fulfillment of the contract
and will call you on the telephone to-morrow regarding the ^ j aiy-t-C'C
amount for which the bond should be drawn . ... 'YAtcyU^^
- I trim
Trusting this is satisfactory and thanking
for your attention, we are,
tities and price.
Our plant is in new jersey on the Jersey
Central Boad.
Appreciating an early reply, we are,
yours very truly,
THE C HSMICAL COMPANY 0? AMERICA XHC.,
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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
59 -4-23-15 — Prim.
CHSttlGAL CO. OP .AMERICA— .
George H. Bruce, Pres.
Samuel Isermann, Sec & Treas.
Directors are the officers
— Mfrs. . .
with Arthur Berger.
NEW YORK CITY.
(Manhattan)
520 Broadway.
On March 23, 1915 at their New York City office, the president
save our reporter the above personal details and states. --
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of the State of New Jersey, with an authorized capi-al x » - >
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STABLER DOGGETT.
99 John ana 11-13 Cliff Sts.,
Hew York 4/22/15.
Mr. Ehomas A. Edison,
Orange, H.J.
Referring to pleasant interview hod with you and
, 5+ ? this A M also subsequent phone chat had
rs.y s ItfS? is- a vjst _
Sl;rit^?6°foS“ef “s nisi.5 siS’iSs™
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In accordance with this ™'1erB*a^i,JMfn^?Bflithr°"
... order #9896 for 35 tons of Aniline Oil with
nrice left hla^ hut reference made to this letter ascoverirg
?£at point, which as I understand it, is the way you desire
this order handled.
As soon as I receive official confirming Prder fron
the Firestone Co., showing their purchases from me of 20 tons
of 58(5 goods at 50* par pound and 35 tons at special price
me of 27(5° sold to them at 32 1/2*. will as promiscdyourMx .
Meadoworoft submit their order for your Perusal to J ^£ythis
sga§«SSS®£S&
instead of a loss.
Yours very respectfully,
(signed) Stanley Doggett.
jlosure.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
DOOGETT - ANILINE OIL
Bought 20 tons at 58/$
Sold " " to Firestone at 50/$
Loss
He sold to Firestone 35 tons at 32 l/2f$
If he paid us 29^ - would he
Profit
This would reduce his loss as follows:
loss $3200.00
Profit 2450.00
Net Loss $ 750.00
§23,200.00
20.000.00
§ 3,200.00
§22,750.00
20.300.00
§ 2,450.00
If we let him the 35 tons at 27. it would change his loss to a
profit, as follows.
Sale of 35 tons to Firestone at 32 1/2 = 22,750.00
If he paid us 27/$ - would he r 3r?jt.?.00.r.0.Q
Profit 3,850.00
Profit $ 3,850.00
Deduct loss 5.200.00
on whole transaction.
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Art associates of this ofy
recently spent four months in Germany
a certain artificial silk process and, wifi
of the most prominent Gorman chemists connected with the dye i^sTTyt*
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ing a group of competent assistants, including one colorist, one chemical engineer
and six assistant chemists, to establish the manufacture of dyes in this country;
the salaries of those nine men to aggregate not over $1,500 per month. The .
necessary apparatus, vats, etc., will ho comparatively inexpensive.
Ehis chemist proposes to manufacture t
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e following
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(2) Sulphur Dyes
A Sulphur Black
B Sulphur Blue
and to gradually add other coloro as circumstances permit. In the making
of these colors other substances, like beta-napthol, etc* will bo manufactured.
Ihin chemist boars the boot posoiblo reputation and
is unqualifiedly endorsed by the consulting chemist of the loading dyo works com¬
pany in Gormany.
If this matter interests you wo would be Glad to furnish
further particulars.
All communications shouli
J.’bCH/AC
•. Thomas A. Edison,
orange ,11. J.
pounds of synthetic phenoi in hereby accepted, and a contract covering
the manufacture and deXivery of Phis materiaX will be prepared in thxs
office and forwarded to you for signature at an early date.
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JOHNSTOWN PA 415PM APL 23 1915
THOMAS A EDISON, V*
ORANGE NJ ' '
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq., w» Tse# "M , T* K
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Orange , New Jersey* (
Dear Sir:-- cJ^v*
X am exceedingly sorry you.tiat we rec^i^a
cable from Japan this morning^ating that they could not get
an order for 20,000 poundtfof Dyphelylamine from the Japanese
Army because of the late deliveries. 1 have troubled you so much
on this subject and after you have accomplished mating it ^
am compelled to tell you that we cannot get any business eSg| f
from Russia or Japan.
X hardly know how to return the courtesy which you have
extended to me in regard to this matter, but simply to thank
you most sincerely for your kindness in treating me so kindly.
With kind personal regards and respects, I am (,
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Yours very truly.
BY-PRODUCT COKE AND OAS OVEN PLANTS
^ A>*IONIA. BENZOL AND TAR RECOVERY
f PITTSBURGH, PA.
"V
Dear Ur. Edison;
of April 22nd with reference
l.
The working up
April 23, 1915.
0 y,i tu.
'‘Tin/o htrr&y % MJ
pleasure your letter
and benzol matters.
by-product »pl
t fiWl'V'Wa,
e benzols vivith pure ana puri¬
fied products is one that~hao required a large amount of research
work as to conditions of operation, distillation, velocity and siz¬
es and arrangement of apparatus. Our European organization did not
succeed in perfecting this apparatus for a number of yoarspartcu-
larly for the production of lOO^products. We possess the knowledge
to build apparatus which will give safe, economical and satisfactory
operation and produce products which will satisfy the most rigid com¬
mercial requirements. Should you desire us to do so, we can furnisn
you with such apparatus auickly and guarantee its satisfactory per¬
formance.
I believe the Badger Still is one which is satisfactory
for many purposes, but 1 believe it not satisfactory in the separat-
i of chemical substances which are so miscible as tne benzol homo
e vanor tension and boiling points lie so closely to-
e with various substances which have many of
9 complex in their struct-
loguos and w
gather, mixed as they a
the characteristics of benzols, but a
" I regret exceedingly that I did not urge you more forc¬
ibly to allow us to furnish the stills, agitators and dephlegmators,
for your work.
With regard to the coal, which has been sent, as ment¬
ioned in your letter, if you will have this taw* sent to H. hoppers
Company’s laboratory, Joliet, Illinois, 1 will taw an
made and will be able to tell you in a very short time e^ctly what
could be done with this coal in our ovens, including th°
duction, the character of the coke, the amount of tar, i ^ Xnti-
plus gas with and without gas separation. The coal should bo identi
fied by markings inside and outside of barrel.
I trust that when I call
n find the time to see me.
n you in the near future, that
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JOHNSTOWN PA 11 20 AM APL 24 9V _ \ \
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HAD TO RAISE LID HIGHER ON NUMBER ONE, H I RZEL BECAUSE
PRESSURE WOULD OCCASIONALLY BUILD UP A BOTTOM MAY HAVE TO
DO THE SAME ON NUMBER TWO STILL LATER FOR PRESSURE
S5NH'.«B5fSS.i? ?°« S-rSo.W^'S IPER HOUR
WILL INVESTIGATE THE TAR PROPOSITION.^ MASOn
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II Mr**”’ jr
Toronto, Canada. Ayr 11 24th. 1915.
Shonaa A. Edison lab oratory.
Please order two Badger stills , one . eight weeks delivery, one ten
weeks. d V/e are at present not decided about paying bonus for earlier
delivery. 3±ap l£= garding Hirzel still, can you make it?r If so
can you give us early delivery. Ue can only get it built in Canada
four weeks from receipt of patterns, which are free of duty. V/e
can get the tubular heaters, etc. here.
J. H. Plummer.
Western Union.
April 24th. 1915.
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Independent Chemical Company.
Hr. Edison had given them until 12 noon to-day to close their
negotiations with him for four thousand (4,000) pounds of Carbolic
Acid per day. At five minutes past 11 Mr. King called me up and
said that they had made all arrangements for their hond and were
all ready to close up, "but needed a signature to the order from their
customer, which was a hig corporation and the President was in Phila¬
delphia to-day. He said that we could call up Mr. David Taylor, vice
president of the Coal & Iron National Bank, Hew York, and confirm
the fact that a bond of three hundred thousand dollars (5300,000) had
been arranged for.
I called up Mr. Taylor and he told me that Mr. King bad explained
to him the whole transaction, and that he, Mr. Taylor, knew Mr. King s
customer for the Carbolic, and that it was a substantial and respons¬
ible corporation. He said that Mr. King's contract with them was di¬
rect and there were no middle man. He said that he also understood
that the contract was ready for signature but probably could not de¬
cide to-day owing to the absence in Philadelphia of the President of
the Company.
Mr. Taylor said that be himself had seen the Fidelity Surety &
Deposit Company of Maryland yesterday and they had signified to him
their willingness to give the bond for three hundred thousand collars
(('300,000). Mr. Taylor said that this Company had also guaranteed
the Canadian Car & Foundry Company c- 'hv,‘! p” nH 1 1
i one of the P.ussian contracts.
Mr. Taylor also said that he regarded the King transaction as
a bona-fided transaction end he had no doubt that it would go through
all right.
Tie Coal & Iron National Bank is rated in Dunn and Bradstreet's
as having a paid up capital of six hundred thousand dollars (5600,000)
and a surplus of six hundred thousand dollars ((600,000) .
I called up Mr. King a few minutes later, who said that he was
all ready to close the matter and only waiting for the President of
his customer to sign or authorise the signing of the purchase order.
He said he might come out this afternoon, in which case he would tele¬
phone me, but he might be obliged to wait until Monday morning, when
the President of the buying concern would be in lew York.
April 26th.
Mr. S. Cakaki ,
# Mitsui & Company,
26 Madison Avenue ,
IJew York City.
Dear Sir:
t an In receipt of your favor of the
23rd instant in regard to Diphenyl amine , and re¬
gret to learn that after all your trouble you
have he en unahle to obtain the order from the
Japanese Army.
The war is not over yet. Both the
Japanese and Russian C-overnments may want it later
on, aid I shall he ready iif another order s|ould
come along. So, after all, 1 have no regrets in
regard to making the experiment.
Yours very truly.
April 26th. 1915.
B. 3. Badger & Sons Company,
63 - 75 PittB Street ,
Boston, Hass.
Gentlemen:
Referring to your Proposal #969, for the second Carbolic
Stm, we have oompared It with the proposal for the firBt Still of
this kind, and find that under the head of Receiving Tank you have
left out two important items, which you will find written in pencil
on page two of the Proposal.
In the Proposal for the first Carbolic Still you agreed
to furnish an operator at eight dollars ($8) per day and expenses,
and this should be definitely stated in the present case. Of course,
we understand the difference in prioe , as the extra three hundred
was to. pay for overwork on additional speeding up of delivery.
It is only fair to say that Hr. Edison was rather disturbed
in mind to find that these important omissions in regard to the Re¬
oeiving Tank were made without calling Ms notioe to the change.
7111 you pleaBe send us corrected Proposal, and return
the copy of the old one containing the pencil notations.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
April 26th. 1915.
Manufacturer a Commercial Company,
299 Broadway,
Hew Yorh City.
Gentlemen:
to ,« f«r«r of the 2Md let "
w that v second C.rholl. Plant m =0* Into oper.tlon.toat
tf last part of air. Its oaracltyulll he si* ‘>”»»»» (6-000'
sound. daily. On, thou.eud (1.000) *—» •* *«» te“ l“,‘ °“11-
;.m sell four thotuand (4.000) ponnds of this tolly o.yaolty
„ . 1Be contract, prorlded a« totsttotia B—f -11 “
-men that the tayer Kill cany out tfc oontraot.
!ttr, are four other parties At «* ««»<*' “
a contract, the price to .erenty-.lx and one-tall cent. (16 I/O
cents) ner pound, spot cosh. F. 0. B. surer Me.
tamer, extra. Ihle Phenol 1. synthetic. It. p"“* “
T4. 4. intended for picric Acid.
40 to 41 and It to A1 to VMO&J- » 10 lnten
Yours veiy truly.
April 26th. 1915.
The Chemical Company of America, Inc.,
320 Broadway,
Hew Tori: City.
Gentlemen:
Be plying to yo nr favor of the
21st instant, let me say that T am just
about to close negotiations for contract
on entire out put of my Carbolic Acid Plant,
and therefore am not in position to quote
you on the quantity named.
Yours very truly.
t.e
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LJ yu/,y/r,,7 '7^m //"</'>» ?/,}««»■■
?;j- ///f/riw -t/tr/wr;
.. April 36th' m '
Thomas A. Edison, Esq., / C( j
Edison Laboratory, Orange, H. J. [
Dear Sir : — v- -
Replying to your letter of the 33nd last, about the
Nobel Specification on Toluol, we beg to advise you.as we
already have done over the ‘phone to Mr. Meadowcroft, that
j. P. Morgan & Company received a cable from the British
War Office stating that they wanted to contract for six
months only and not for one year as we insisted. I re¬
member that your personal opinion was in favor of selling
the first six months to Morgan & Company at Two Dollars
(§3.00) per gallon. But, since then I have ascertained
through our Representatives at Petrograd, that the Russian
Government was willing to contract for one years supply
and now I expect to close the deal with our Petrograd Branch
by the end of this weefc.
Very truly yours.
April 27, 1915.
Maxim Chemical Company
Oth Ave. and 120th Street
Hew York City.
Gentlemen:
I am in receipt of your fayor of the
20th inBt., and hog to say that I am negotiating
with other parties for my entire output of
carbolic acid crystals and cannot make any
quotations for a few days.
We have turned down several parties
because they failed to give a satisfactory bond
that the carbolic acid would be accepted and
paid for over the whole period of the country,
if we don’t oomplete our present negotiations
and give you an opportunity later on, I would
protect you on commission if you disclosed your
principal, providing of course, a sale were
made through you.
Yours very truly,
April 27th. 1915,
The Hoyden Chemical Works ,
135 William Street,
Hew York City.
Gentleman:
I must ask you to kindly e souse the delay in ack¬
nowledging the confirmation of your purchase from me of one
thousand (1,000) pounds Carbolic Acid crystals per day, de¬
liveries beginning on or about May 15th and continuing until
peace has been deolared between Germany and the Allies, at
the price of fifty cents (50 cents) per pound, F. 0. B. our
works, in our containers which are to be charged and credited
on return in good condition w ithin 90 days after date of origi..
inal shipment.
Terms: 30 days net or 1% cash ten days.
I would say that this is in accordance with my under¬
standing in a personal interview with your Mr. Simon. I wish
to repeat however, what I then told him that there may be a few
days delay in the first deliveries, which might arise through
the failure of contractors to deliver machinery for the plant
on time.
I regret very much to say that I am afraid we shall not
be able to spare another drum of Carbolic for you to-morrow , as
we have only a small quantity on hand. There is some Benzol due
to arrive here at any moment, and it is the lack of this that has
made us short. I shall hope to get out a drum for you this week,
and if so will telephone so that you can have your truck call for
it.
Yours very truly,
(signed) Thos. A. EdiBon.
April 27th. 1916.
Richmond Hob ie xy Mills ,
Rossville , Ga.
Gentlemen:
Your favor of the 20th Instant was received ana handed
to Mr. Edison. He requests me to say in reply that he has teen
taking orders for Aniline Salt ana Aniline Oil, tut he is so close¬
ly sold up that he fears to take any more orders until he is assur¬
ed of an ample supply of Bensol.
Mr. Edison could not sell .in lots anyway, as all his
contracts run for equal monthly deliveries either to the end of
the year at forty-five (46) cents or for one year at thirty (30)
oents per pound. He will let you know later what he can do. How
much would you want per month either to the end of the year or for
one year.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Bdison.
CVKTO?. LO'I'S Ktslfr^
F
April 27, 1915
Johnstown, Pa.
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
"’cot Orange, E. J.
Boar Sirj-
I wish to submit tho following report, as well as tho
accompanying recommendations, on tho Edison Benzol Plant at tho Cambria
Btool Company’s Works hero.
1. from several intermittent runs 2500 gallons of
light oil wore oollootod and diotillod in the No. 1 Badger still.
The laboratory test showed 49$ of 90$ bonzol obtainable. About 1300
gallons or 52$ wore actually made. This was washod in the manr.or to
be desoribod, wits a 6$ ton on washing and redistilled from No. 2
Badgor. Tho ohargo lias so far yielded 200 gale, of hoad ^00 gallons
of 100$ Bonsol and ts^iS^l^TiKd^^^About 200 gallons of 90$ benzol
are also ready and all will be shipped Thursday.
(2). Hooonniondations.
A. Absorption.
1. At tho preoont time tho plant is producing light
oil at tho rato of a 1000 galo. per 24 hours, with tho blower running
at 130 R.P.H. That is, with a handling of about 10,250,000 Cubio feet
of Gas. She gas, which is made from a mixture of 2$ gas coal with
8$ Johnotown coal, tho mixture tooting 21$ volatile mattor, tosto
1.6 to 1.7 gals, of light oil por ton of coal or per 12,000 Cubio feet
of gao, 10 l/4 million Cubio feet roproBent 854 tons of coal mixture,
or 1400 galo. of light oil. 1000 gale. 1b about 71 l/2 of 1400. The
plant is extracting, therefore, only 71 to 72$ of tho light oils in
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tho gas* It Is claimed that in most plants, operating with tar oils,
an extraction oi 95 to 98/4 is obtained. It Idle not boon possible to
run the blower more than 130 B.P.H. continuously.
(2) Our spent oil yiolds about 1$ by volumes of light
oil on distillation, up to 150° C. The light oil so obtained oontains,
howovor, very little benzol* It appears to be Solvent ITaphtba,
because 7C/J of it distills botween 130 and 175° C. No data is at
prosont available which says whothor this is detrimental to the absorbing
power of the oil or not. The distillation of the light oil, from the
absorbing oil is oarried out up to 150° C., because this is tha mothod
used to estimate tho amount of light oil in the gas, and because it
moot nearly imitates the result obtained in the column stills. Our
saturated oil oontains 5 l/ of oils boiling under 150 to 16C P . Tho
oil is taking 5 l/2 loss 1 or 4 1/2,4 of ita own volume of oil3 from
the gas. This 4 1/2$ of light oil yiolds on distillation in tho
laboratory only l/4 of its volume of oils boiling below 12CP C that
is benzol and toluol. It appears that tho gas contains a greater
proportion of Solvent Naphtha than Benzol.
(3) 1 would rocommend tint tho oil bo dlstilldd with
steam from tho light oil aolumn, about onco every month by raising the
temperature in the columns to 16CP C.
(4) The oil roturnlng to tho absorbors, is not always
kept oold.' Tho mon judge too much by putting thoir hands on tho
cooling tankB instead of into tho discharged cooling water and instead
of watching tho oil thermometer; perhaps, a hotter cooling might
be obtained by having tho wator run from tho last tank through to
the first and thon out. Tho water should circulate, of course,
against tho oil, hut there should ho but one wator system.
night bo obtained In this manner, which would not
1 has boon diluted with straw oil, gives loo
trouble from the deposition of Kaphthaline. Bsually a good absorbing
oil should distill mb between 2O0P 0 and 30CP C. Ours distills
It nieJit be found advisoblo to run tho first
straw oil to remove tho bulk of the light oil from tho ga
a third absorber on taroil to exhaust tho gao.
B. Light Oil Column. (Hirzol Apparatus).
1. no. I* Column is running with the steam
Le bottom and the bells rail
oh. Ho. 2. Column is running with
tho bells raised l/2 inch, and tho steam inlet placed in the third tray.
1 think without doubt, 1
t the live steam inlet he placed in the first tray, and that tho boll
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tie loworod l/2" on Ho, X, Column.
Plaoing tho otoam inlot in tho first tray, provonts tho stoam
from rifling in the pipos that carry the oil down from tray to
tray. Haloing tho holla too high, is apt to allow tho stoam to run
through tho column without thoroughly dobenzolizlng tho oil. I
holiovo that tho stoam should ho thrown down into tho surface of
tho oil, aid that tho surfaao of tho oil should ho constantly blown
upon by tho stoam. Shis d lows a partial stoam distillation to
assist in tho work of exhausting tho oil, without ca sing tho foaming
which blowing tho stoam through tho oil causes.
(2) . I would rooomnond enlarging tho dir.ohargo pipo i;
which oarrios the oil from tho column (Tho Cssrlbria people havo a V L
cooler. In this way the oil night bo prevented from becking up in
the. no lumps and by mains of the valve, from running through tho
columns too rapidly.
(3) The spent oil from each column should be tostod
often and soparatoly, not only to detormlno tho poroont ouhauation, but
also tho working of oach column.
the
By diotllllne two gallons in/ooppor still, which X had
sont from West Orango, up to 150°0., tho amount of light oil oonstltuonts
still romaining unoxtraoted, may be dotormined. During tho next month
this should ho done once a day.
(4) Tlie light oil is not entiroly condensed in tho
oondonsor, and I otrongly recommend the plaolng of a 10 gallon tank with
watornpray oondonaor on tho bent pipe. Tho lose hero io oapoo tally
hurtfull, beoauso it io Benzol, not light oil.
loakago through tho gaskets in the columns, should be
stopped, if possible, by repacking, if nooossary by shortening the tie
rods* By lagging the columns with insulating material, I boliove it would
be easier to keep them at 115°C.
They are too subjeots to variation at present, and there is
unquestionably a tremendous loss of hoat.
C. distillation of the Light Oil
(1) Although it is possible to run the stills as they are
erected, I believe that the dephlegmators aro not advantageously conneoted
up.
ity exporienso is that the water to cool tho dephlegmators?
should be taken from a separate small lino and that tho cooling vvator for
tho condenser should be separate from that for tho dephlogmator. In
addition to this, there is a by pass and valve by means of which it is
possible to throw back part or all of tho condensed distillate from the
condenser into tho column. The Badger people’s instructions were that the
still should be driven at tho rate of 75 gallons per hour, and that the dis¬
tillate should bo choked back by tho valve, so that l/3 or l/2 of it runs
back into tho columns. I think this is wrong. Tho still should be so
run that the dephlegmator does all tho dephlegmating. If while distilling
90$ Benzol to make 100$, the still is pushed to 75 gallons per hour and
the distillate iB about 95$ pure, running l/z of it baok into tho column,
does not purify the other half that runs into tho Btool barrols.
As the men were instructed to run tho still, they wore
making heads from 90$ Benzol which contained 75$ Benzol by test. X changed
and mado the dephlegmator do all the dophlegmatlng, and ran the still at
tho rato of 60 gallons por hour and made heads containing only 5 to 10$ of
Benzol by test. In addition to this, as explained before, I believe
that the dephlegmators should receive the vapors from the column at the
bottom and discharge them at tho top. They are Installed In tho reverse
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manner. Perhaps, the Badger people have a good roaBon for thin,
I should like to hoar from them.
(2) While distilling light oil from Ho. I Badger, the Bplit
from Benzol to Toluol should ho made wlion the thormometer in the vaper pipe
from the dephlegmator reads 75°0. Ho llvo Btoan should ho unod v.'hilo making
90 'f, Benzol. In making Toluol it is necosBary to uno live stoam. This
should be avoided if possible. If lagging were placed on the still and on
tho column this uoo of stoam might be dispensed with. Unfortunatoly
the windows for ventilation are placed on two sides of tho column and the
sometimes
wind/exerts a disturbing effect. The steam pre3suro is very variable
and although its effect is negligible in tho diatillation of 90> Benzol
from light oil, because the largo volume of solvent naptha in the still
acts as a heat resorvoir, it seriously influences the distillation of pure
Benzol near tho end of the distillation. By koeping a olose watch on the
steam pressure and by regulating the steam value accordingly I was ablo
all last night to keep tho teroporaturo constant, but it requires constant
vigilance.
(3) I notice that the exhaust steam Srom both Badgers are
connected together and that they run through the same trap. I think
aenarato exhausts would bo better ao a change on one still influonoos the
working of tho other.
D - Washing
(1) Instead of adding the 5 or CJo by volurao of acid at onoo,
and draining onoe it is much better to add only 2;c by volume and to work
3 times, draining all the sludge each time. In this manner tho fresh acid is
not diluted with sludge. Tho sludge disohargo pipo might better bo placed
so as to discharge tho aoid with tho running water instead of into the ground
near the concrete foundation. When the 3'd sludge runB thin, the washing
Is complete. I would strongly recommend, however, that every onoe in a
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while the washing to tested by talcing a sasslo of the washed benzol Into
tha laboratory, distilling It and seeing whether the die tula to BtandB the
acid test. If not, wash again.
(2) The best and safest way to handle the soda is to crack
it up with a hammer while the iron drum is still intaot, then to cut the
iron off and place the entire soda in a tank with wator and dissolve it at
one time.
(3) a wide mouth 1 gallon bottle full of noatsfoot oil and
lime water mixed is advisable for first aid to aoid burns.
(4) The loss on washing, measured by decrease of volumo in the
v.ashor should bo recorded regularly.
E - Distillation of Pure Bonzol,
As mentioned already the control should be with the
dovUlegmator and not by dividing the distillate mechanically, laboratory
samples should bo drawn every hour or two hours and tho aoparatdon of heads
and pure benzol made in accordance with tha results of these tests. It haB
boon impossible to avoid the presence of a small amount of water In the
pure benzol. Unless this is due to a leak? coil I would suggest that the
hanging up of 2 stool barrels ao receivers, and, aftor filling one to fM
the second. Burlne tha time tho eooond is filling the first has time to
settle and be drained. in this way we can avoid the presence of any water
in our 10$ Benzol barrels^
P - General method of handling fractions!
Tho distillation should bo carried out in aooordanoe with
tho following scheme:
(soo following page)
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In this mannor only four different products are made.
Tills ol‘ course ia veil understood, by Hr. Mason, and I merely
mention it for tho aako of complotneBS.
(& - Teats and Hscords
Especially during the early stages, I vory oarneatly
recommend that oanplete data be reoorded oontinuouBly on the following points «
(1) Temperature of gas as we receive it and aB we discharge
it- A wooden shelter Bhonld bo provided for the thermometer in tho lattor case
to avoid the effect of the sun on the reading.
(2) The tomperature of tho oil from and to tho absorbers*
(3) The volume of oil per hour on eaoh absorber.
It las not been possible to rai^the volume of oil oiroulating
above 2230 gallons por hour beoauso the oil bac3c3 up in tho columns. This
means that tho discharge pipes from tho columns are too smell. Tho Cambria
people use X 6" pipe, we have 2” and we run ours together. The pumps are
large enough to oiroulato from 3000 to 3500 gal. per hour but the oolumns will
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not Stand as arranged at proaont.
The first three data ahould ho dotorminod say at 8 A.U. ,
2 F.H., 8 P.M., and ?■ A.U. and simultaneously
(4) The volcano of gae handled ovory 24 hour a, hy on hourly
record of the R.P.1S. of the blowor and of tho otoppage.
(6) Coinciding with 34 a daily record of tho output in
light oil dotorminod onoo every shift by measurement in tho storage tank.
(6) Tho spent gas should he tooted twice wookly and tho
rich gae onoo weekly hy passing 100 ouhio foot through about l/2 gallon of
straw oil in four absorbing bottlon, talcing caro to place tho bottloo in a
pan of water to keep them cool. Tho oil is then to bo distilled, oolloeting
all up to 175°C.
(7) The spent oil from each column still should be tooted
daily by distilling 4000 and collecting all tip to 175°C. This will show tho
working of each column still. Tho saturated oil should bo tested S times
a we ok in tho same moaner.
(6) An inventory ol‘ the oil ahould bo taken wookly at least,
to prevent too great a lose ooouring unnotiaed. Somo oil is carried away by
tho gas and a trap on tho spent gas pipe would bo desirablo. Considerable
oil might bo loot whan tlio boater gives wey by oil running into tho oahaust
a team line and into tha sewer.
Yours truly
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
Johnstown Plant.
XH STRUCT I OES .
SsSHSSSf”
Have Uephlegmator water separate d from
sondenBing water.
*houi^u^^
on second still.
4 Ts to try corking Hirzel Still with Asbestos wool and lime . If
this la Lt good get lead corking wool, and cork with lead.
5. - After Its certain It does not leak, rat nett tag-aronnd and plaster
with asheBtos lagging cement.
know his valve Is not choked hy dirt. .
, t. .*«* ss «*»»
towers to prevent any dirt ge 5 aoctllnnxate at the bottom of each
Bitted to go to Hirzel still It will aocnmw.ave ^ dr0p the 0il
oil tube between the^Benzol out. These screens will
a. *». ^ i”
SSSfeTAr- “
li^ns
i;wr.^s si a
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Ions thru.
“UnffaWJbl^Sfs
sure^and making tank leak.
ftB '^*St“ “ A 5 '.dfe'
the next washing.
*ay _ dished bottom tank preferable -
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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
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14. Mason to get young man at onoe worked in our laboratory Cement
Co. to test at Cambria to oome to Orange for instruction.
15. Hirzel's to have big bell raised one half inch.
16. . lag the tattle part of Badger Stills to render it possible to make
Toluol.
17. Put separate traps on Badger and Hirsels.
18. In washing the 90$ be sure and test the Benzol, Toluol etc., to
see it will be pure when distilled bo ob to meet the Bobel Specifications
for Toluol. If we fail to waBh it well enougi, all our Toluol would
have to be redistilled which causes expense and delay which would be pre¬
vented by being careful in washing.
After washing, a sample should be taken to laboratory .distilled and tested,
if 0. K. we will be sure the Benzol or Toluol will pass specifications.
19. Cut out of King's report the distilling scheme.
20. We must get the Badger Still so that it is unnecessary to use live
steam to distill the Toluol, it is impossible to get proper quality that
will pass the specifications if live steam isused. We hope to do away
of necessity of using live steam, 1st by lagging kettle ana 2nd by using
120 lbs. pressure of steam.
22. Have books and keep temperatures of gas coming in the plant every
hour. Temperature of oil to and from the absorbers every 3/2 hour. Bote
and record Bpeed of oil ptaps every 1/2 hour, this will give ub oheok on
oil going to absorberB. Hourly record of the Bpeed RPM. of blower. Bote
tjuoe of stoppage • Measure at end of each shift, the amount of cru.de oil
made ty Hirzel Stills. Rig up train of absorbing bottle and twice weekly
paBS about 100 cubic feet of spent gas from absorbers after oils out.
Use about 1?2 gallon absorbing oil. Oil fresh never used.. Then take the
absorbing oil to Laboratory and determine amount unabsorbed oil we failed
to get. DIB till the oil at 175C. _ '
Wild? gas is passing, keep the oil around the 4 absorbing bottles sur¬
rounded with very oold water. _ _ . .
DAILY. Test the eve nt oil going from Hirzel to coolers. Use 4,000 cubic
Centimeters and Een^erature of 176C, this will show the working of the
Hirzel ,oolunm.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
Che Saturated oil from absorbers should he tested in the same manner
hut only 3 times per week Bhould this test he made.
23. You should let water run town the outside of ^ ° ^ ^ i® if
if it is feasible when summer sun is hot as we will lose our nen^ox n
it exits gases go much above cooling water temperature .
1
Dear Mr. Edison:
I want to thank you for the time
and suggestions you gave our Mr. Adams on the
Aniline Oil situation and can assure you X appre¬
ciate it very much.
I also appreciate the invitation
to come and talk to you. I have wanted to have
that pleasure for a long time, and^the first op¬
portunity I have which will be convenient to you
will come and see you.
Yours very truly.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
East Orange, N.J.
April 27th, 1915
T.
F. EDMANDS & CO.
BROKERS
70 Kilby Street
BOSTON, MASS.
April 27, 1M5.
Mr. Thom*) A. Edison,
Orange, E. ,T. /
Dear 3irj»* v
'79 0X9 the buying broker^fTf^che Pacific 'Tills,' Lawrence,
Massf t the Hamilton !Jtfg. Co. , Lovell, Mass, and the Bates Manufacturing
Co, , Lewiston, Maine, reaeivihg as our sole compensation 1'' brokerage
f vcd the sellers.
Writer, Mr, Higginsan, has jU3t returned from a short vaca¬
tion and li r. Aid en mentions! to us yesterday receipt of your letter to
the Pacific Mills of April loth. Mr. Alden and Mr, Higginnon were in
Sew York on April Sth, 9th and loth; Mr. jfigcinson was there again on
the 20th and Should have been exceedingly glad to have wet your Mr.
Mullally. We desire to ask if lir. Mullally is likely to be in Boston. -
in the near future?
Yours truly.
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Mr. T. A. Edison,
Orange, H. J,
Johnstown, Pa.
April 28th, 1915.
Will ship at least 500 gallons 100# Benzol tomorrow.
Ahsorbt!on still had 72# during last 48 hours.
King
Collect - 79 cents
April 2 8th. 1915.
E. E. Badger & Sons Company,
63 - 75 Pitts Street,
Boston, Mass.
Gentlemen:
Deferring to the order which I telegraphed you two days
ago for two Stills, one eight wefcks and the other ten weeks de¬
livery let me say that I ordered these for my friend Mr. J . H.
■Dlummer, of the Dominion Iron & Steel Company, Toronto, Canada.
nhe purchaser of these two stills is the Toronto Chemical Company,
ltd., of which Mr. Plummer is Vice President. I have telegraphed
him. to now place his order direct with you.
As I have no interest in the Plant in whioh these two
stills are to he used T have asked Mr. Plumner to place the order
direct with you, so as to relieve me of any financial responsibility
in the matter.
T write you therefore so that yoti v?lll please look up the
rat^n^ and responsibility of the purchaser when you receive the
formal order, so that you will he satisfied to accept the order
upon the purchaser's rating and credit.
Tours very truly.
April £8th . 1915.
Hr. Prank X. I.uoaB, General Kanager,
dominion Iron & Steel Company,
Sydney, ITova Scotia, Canada.
Dear Hr. Due a a:
Por your information 7. am writing to Bay that
we have opened the bottom of onr Still building by taking off
the lower part of the corrugated aheeta ao as to allow the wind
to blow through and prevent a sluggish atmosphere and the set¬
tling of Benzol vapors.
I adviae you to be very oareful and have plenty
of ventilation. The DuPont's, the General Chemical Company and
others have explosions right along because of the lack of this
precaution.
When do yon think you can Bend a carload of Ben¬
zol to%e? I would like to know by telegraph.
' Youtb very truly.
fflnnBtntrtnra nf ffiljrmirul Apparatus
Thomas A. Edison (laboratory)
Orange, K. J.
Dear Sir :
Since the writer talked with you in Orange
last week(Tuesilay) lie has been to Johnstown and seen
the plant there, also we have had various reports
from our engineer at Sydney, N. 3., and have also had
an interview with Mr. Woodward of the Woodward Iron
Co., Woodward, Ala.
It appears to us from the information fit) m
different sources that the still capacity which you
have provided for plant at Woodward will possibly not
be sufficient for your purpose. The writer mention¬
ed this matter to Mr. Mason at Johnstown. Ho also seemed
to thinlc that there was a possibility this might bo so,
in view of practical experience as to yields obtained
from different gas, etc. Mr. Woodward stated to the
writer that you expected to handle some 16,000,000 cubic
feet or gas, that the coal handled was about 20JS, which
would certainly indicate a yield of 1 J./2 gallons crude
per ton of coal, and Mr. Woodward stated that the yields
should be consido ralily higher than 1 1/2 gallons, and that
they would estimate on close to two. On this basis
16,000,000 cubic feet would probably furnish you some¬
where near 2400 gallons crude per day, as the coal is
certainly very much richer than that at Johnstown, which
only runs, we understand, something aroundlS to 19,--.
As the writer told you, the Dominion Iron and
Thomas A. Edison
(Laboratory)
4/23/15.
Steel Company ordered two more stills to be shipped
to Sydney in order to handle their output of crude
there, which you stated to be about 2400 gallons per
day. These stills were shipped on Monday of this week.
They have estimated that four stills will be required.
It seems as if you must need somewhat additional capa¬
city at Woodward.
We are calling this matter to your attention mere¬
ly because we will be interested in having you have
everything so privided that there will be no hitch when
uou start up, and surely not because wo want to convince
you that you need another equipment, for we are so busy
right now that we would prefer to have no more inquiries
for quite a time to come. With the amount of bus¬
iness you have on hand you might possibly, have overlook¬
ed the question of probable increased yields at Woodward
over those at Johnstown. We believe, as stated above,
that Mr. Mason is of the same opinion as ourselves, and
believe he intended to discuss the matter with you.
We think you will possibly require an additional
column, which could probably be used f°r wio cUstillation
of crude, using the two already shipped for lefining, aid
that if it were found necessary to instal any additional
refining capacity > put in another refining still.
We suggest that you consider this matter as soon
as possible; so that we will have the apparatus on hand.
You discussed with the writer last week the question
of operation of refining apparatus for the production of
0.,), products. we have been into this matter fully with
our Mr. Lunt, who has been in close touch with the propo¬
sition, and ho appears to have not the slightest question
but that you will get very fine results as soon as you are
nrnducin" a uniform grade or crude from day to day, and
SperawSg under the fame conditions. Ur. Lunt states that
the difficulty caused in splitting up the oiude on til
first distillation is due entirely to ^ °£Ufb-
bv the presence of wash oil, and also of non-uniform an
sorption, so that there was a very small Proportion of low
boiling substances present. Mr. Lunt anticipates no
rUff-Lpultv in splitting the ci’ude operating on uniform pro
ductfreefl from’wash oil, the splitting beingdc ter mined
by laboratory test to be made every hour or so, and so far
- 3 -
Tliomas A. Edison
(Labor at ory)
as the production of refined products go, seems to
be absolutely certain that with the proper splitting
the products will be satisfactory.
Our Mr* Cooley at Sydney has advised that
operations there have been very satisfactory, although
they have been hampered by non-uniform water supply and
insufficient boiler capacity. Believe, however, that
the work has gone on uniformly so far as the produc-
tion of crude is concerned, and that the preliminary re-
fininr distillations have been absolutely satisfactory.
They produced c.p. benzol the first of this week, and
The writer has advised you (under separate cov¬
er) with re* urd to carbolic acid still proposal about
which Ur . Mcadowcr of t wro-c us, and we think that letter
explains the matter fully.
We also wish* to thank you for your order for two
apparatus, placed during the writer's absence last week.
We trust you will appreciate the spirit in which
we discuss the situation at Woodward. We mention the. nat¬
ter. as stated, only because we thought there was a pos¬
sibility of your not having had a chance to consider this
question of capacity very carefully.
Yours very truly,
U. B. BADGEU & SONS COMPANY.
CHEMICAL ENGINEER.
CLCSHJR
E. Bo Badger & Sons Co.
(Emiatnutnra of GUputical Apparatus
63-75 PITTS STREET
BOSTON. U. S. A.
April 28,
1918.
Mr. William II. Mcadowcroft,
Thomas A. Edison,
Orange , H. J.
Dear Sir:
V/e have your letter of April 26th, enclosing
two copies of our Proposal No. 969 for second Carbol¬
ic Still. Wc, of course, should have included the
furnishing of an operator at $S.OO per day and expenses,
and fully intended to do so.
As to the question of Receiving Tank, this
matter was taken up during the writer's illness, and
our Mr. Carswell states that after submitting the ori¬
ginal proposal it was found that the delivery of anem-
oled tank would require so much time it could not be
furnished in time to ship with the root or the equip¬
ment, that this matter was taken up with you, and that
wc have wire from you (copy of which we will attach lioi c-
to) advising that plain iron tank be furnished in place
of the enameled tank. It was, of cout so, °hvi is
that this would involve deoroased expense, and «iatprop-
er allowance should be made to you in submitting invoice.
In making up the second proposal the writ or copied the
first, without taking due account of this pal ticulai
item, although on account of the quicker delivery which
you require it will be obviously impossible to furnish
an enameled tank in time.
In submitting revised Proposal No. 969 we will
n-ive a revised price, taking into account the use of
plain steel tank, instead of the enameled tank.
William II. Meadowcroft
4/28/1915,
The second 3x3 tank will also be provided, as spec¬
ified by you. The order has gone through with
this tank included, and it is understood that it should
be as on the original proposal, although unfortunately
omitted in this case.
Wc find that two proposals were submitted to you,
thi second somewhat different from the first, and we
evidently were in error in duplicating the first pro¬
posal rather than the second. However, as stated,
the matter is fully understood and provision made for
this Receiving Tank.
There is another matter which wo would like to
take up with you at this time. On the first car¬
bolic acid still furnished you we were unable to pro¬
vide the enameled tank and could not see the advisab¬
ility of providing the silver coil and connecting pip¬
ing when the tank was of plain still, especially as the
men whom we employ on this silver work had boon very
busy and it would have involved delay in the shipment
of the apparatus. We therefore provided iron piping,
but have the silver tubing on hand, to be used if you
find it advisable. We do not think that silver is
necessary, and think this is your opinion also. This
we omitted on second proposal and will, of course, take
due account of same on the price.
We do think it advisable to employ a silver con¬
densing coil, and furnished such a coil on the first
still, as the vapors are at a much higher temperature
there, of course, and the action would be greater.
The revised proposal will therefore cover two plain
receiving tanks, and the services of engineer, also the
silver condensing coil and connecting piping, it being
understood that if you do not wish this silver connect¬
ing piping and coil in the receiving tank, we will omit
.the same and, of course, make you the necessary allow¬
ance. If, however, you wish this silver piping on the
first apparatus, we can prepare it and instal it at Sil¬
ver Lake easily, even though the apparatus has been erect
ed, thus you will lose no time. It is our opinion
that the use of silver outside of the condensing surface
would be unnecessary, but you can judge this as well as
wc, and wc will, as always, comply with your requirements
CLCsMJR
ENCLOSURES
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
froposal
IE. UL Hai)g?r & 0mts (Hit.
Inatmi, 11. &- A.
< -
Apparatua
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
No . . 0.69. .
To . . Thomas A*
ffianatrurtora nf (Mjnmcal Apparatua
63 - 75 PITTS STREET
Boston. U. S. A. y
•proposal
. with letter of . .
Edison (Laboratory.) .
Orange, tlcw Jersey.
The above Company proposes to deliver to the purchaser
Description
One (1) BADGER type Vacuum Carbolic Acid Still,-
complete, including Kettle, Column, Dephlcginator,
Condenser, Receiving Tanks, Thermometers, Vacuum
Pump, otc., to produce 4,000 pounds c.p. Carbolic
Acid in 24 hours.
Price . M.J5* SSL . f-°-
Shipment . As...Siyen .
Terms of payment Net cash . 30 days .
b . Boston . Shipping wt . §999jt .
. Shipping vol .
. Omrthird-wrtlT -order
One- third- on -completion- -ready-f or -shipment
-One-third-mnety-diys-aftershipment-
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
SPECIFICATIONS
SETTLE
Kettle will be 6* diameter x 6* high, constructed
of 1/2" steel, with 9/16" heads, containing 60' of 3"
wrought iron coil, with lockndts, etc. Kettle will
also^be provided with stand.
Column will be constructed of cast iron in six
sections, IS" diameter x 8" high, with steel plates be¬
tween each section. Each plate will have five BADGER
perforated boiling caps, type "A", one 3" down-pipe and
draw-down valve. Each section will be provided with
1 - 4" handhole. Top section will be fitted with 4
and 2" nipples ftr vapor pipe to and return linuor pipe
from Dephlegmator.
DEPHLEGMATOR
Dephlegmator will be constructed of steel through¬
out, shell of 1/4" steel, l/2" tube plates, containing
10 - 2" O.D. charcoal iron tubes, 2* long. Dephleg¬
mator will be provided with 4" vapor nipples, 2 liquor
nipple and air, water, and steam nipples in shell.
CONDENSER
Condenser will be constructed of steel, with copper-
top and bottom, containing 12' of 1/10" pure silver coil,
3" O.D. Condenser will be provided with water inlot and
outlet nipples.
RECEIVING TANKS
One (1) Receiving tank 5* diameter
steel shell, l/2" heads, provided with
6' of 1" pure silver pipe, manhole and
x 5' high, 7/16"
coil containing
nipples .
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
SPECIFICATIONS
(Cont'd)
One (1) Receiving Tank, 3* diameter x O' high,
made of 3/8" steel, with 7/16 heads, and will he
provided with manhole and nipples.
ACCESSORIES
Accessories
ers, vacuum pump
er and sampler,
complete.
will include steam trap, thermomet-
heavy silver plates, special test-
piping, special valves and fittings.
ERECTION AMD OPERATION
We will furnish one man to take charge of the
erection at the rate of $6.00 per day and expenses.
We will furnish operator to put the still into
operation at the rate of $8.00 per day and expenses.
We will furnish the complete outfit, as specified
in this proposal, f.o.h. Boston, /°r .^V^so.OO.
Apparatus as above specified to be delivered to
plant at Silver Lake on May 5th, 1915.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
The company guarantees that the apparatus herein mentioned will do the work specified
in regard to capacity, steam consumption, quality ot product, etc., provided the same is in¬
stalled by our experts and handled by laborers who will carefully and strictly follow our
directions, especially as regards upkeep and cleaning of the same, unless otherwise specified,
and provided the qualities of the crude or original material supplied are as specified. The
company agrees to furnish work which is first-class in every respect and to correct any
defects which develop in the construction or material within one year after date of shipment,
■ the purchaser being required to give immediate notice of same. For each indivi ua appara¬
tus a test of twenty-four successive hours shall free the company from all responsibility in the
future as far as the guaranteed operation is concerned. The company reserves the right to
alter or add to the plant and machinery at its own expense in fulfilling specified guarantee and
no damages will be paid for any reason whatsoever. Should the goods supplied be removed
and moneys received in payment or part payment be relumed there will be no furt er
liability on either side.
Unless otherwise specified the price of the apparatus does not include erection by the
company In case it is agreed that the company shall erect the apparatus it is with the
understanding that said company shall furnish the skilled labor only at the rate specified in
the foregoing, the purchaser furnishing common labor, masonry, foundations, scaffolding,
lifting apparatus, excavating, access to premises, etc.
Any delivery mentioned in this specification is approximate only and failure to complete
the delivery estimated shall cany no penalty unless especially declared in the contract, in
which case due allowance will be made for accidents, strikes or delays beyond the com¬
pany's control.
The purchaser is to protect the above mentioned property against and to make good to
the company any loss that the company may sustain by reason of fire, theft, removal o
property, carelessness on the part of the purchaser's employees, or any cause of a similar
nature, from the time it is taken from the common carrier until accepted and fully paid for.
The receipt of the apparatus by the purchaser shall constitute acceptance of delivery
and a waiver of any and all claims for loss or damage due to delay, but this shall not relieve
the company from the obligations specified under guarantee.
If shipment of apparatus specified is delayed for any cause for which the purchaser is
accountable the date of notice of completion of the apparatus sent to the purchaser by the
company shall be regarded as the date of shipment in determining when payments for said
apparatus are to be made.
Customers must verify the condition of the apparatus upon receipt that they may be
able to file claim against carriers should there be any occasion for so doing.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
PAYMENT. The property in ^ ZZZOt £ Kdel.t is
2Z.TS £ S=,“ 7« «*
pany may retain any and all partial payments which have been made and shall b
titled to the immediate possession of said apparatus, and shall be free to enter
nrcmiscs where the same is located and remove it.
P In no case shall the buyer withhold any part of the payment agreed upon nor -
tend the date of maturity, claiming that he is not ready to have the apparatus mstalled.
STARTING OPERATION. The
to superintend the starting of the apparatus at the following terms .
^ inCifg dun.y 'acc^d ^ *£
Company. This proposal shall not be binding unless accepted within . 5
from the date hereof.
E. B. BADGER & SONS COMPANY
We hereby accept the foregoing proposal at the prices an
^tattleg Baggett
(ttnlnra, OHjenttcala, ©Ua tutb iMintral Jlnifrurta
mu
i 11-18 Clive Streets
)ear Sir;.
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NEW YORK
4/K8/15 '
pjpp;1
t- all important|/ttot^clS2liveri8S *’£<£22/
« * W»» .t M5, “P • -
. , no, i5e a.olijf«rea before ’
ossihle, or that orders hocked at high pnoe... ae u
hoso hooked at lower prices. ,
Please let me know how soon in Hay yon ^Y!rtpoh!e to
„ake shipments against my order in tha*. month, Unwise in June end
i how much per day?
Awaiting your prompt advice,
April 89th. 1915.
Merrimaok Kanuf afiturlng Company,
Lowell, r'ass . Attention - Hr. YTadle igh .
Dear Sir:
Tour favor of the 88th instant has been received,
together with the contract executed in duplicate. I have
signed and return one original to you herewith. You will
note that I have changed the price to thirty (30) oents per
poimd, and would say that the reason of price changes is that
we are buying Bensol with which to make the Aniline Oil, and
we have had to pay all kinds of prices therefor. However, I
have given you the same price as was quoted to the concern in
Boston.
Tours very truly.
P. S. I also return herewith the old contract, whioh you may
destroy. ■ v '' f ' "•
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Thomas A. Saison, **' jL .^(L^
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Tear Mr. Edison;- "'
Mr/Oartlayhae^s^o^
vernation with'your Mr. Meadoweroft on^tTje^
in which Mr.'Wadowcroft atatedthai E0" »°
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from us 250 gkiions a day <£ 0. P.^Benr|l ioj, 1
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next ^ irv4rf rffftfit,
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weeks. This woiid mean in line Je^b‘or£o|d W lO>»^g^|M. ^
I cannot tell you toi^r whether we wili* te able td*
supply you with all or any part of ^thia ZS&JTV??***
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f.o.b. oars Philadelphia, ir you desireJ^leaYe a4 ordei^lth
us, which we will fill if *s ©a^I^r glVo you such |*t as
we are able, we will be very glad to go ahead on thin .basisT^ou
will have to have faith in our doing the best we can tfryou,
but at the present time I cannot guarantee any definite quantity.
In the course of a week or ten days I perhaps can give you something
more definite as to quantity we could deliver to you, but if you
must know at present I would say that we could not guarantee any
quantity.
C/i?’ 2 <2%<r Ur. Thomas 1. Edison April 29, 1915
Ur. Gartley tells me you referred to material received
from Ur. Tutviler. We have made an arrangement to distill a certain
quantity of material for Ur. Tutviler but we have not yet received
any of it. It will come in over the balance of the year and not in
any large quantity at one time.
Relative to finished produots from material received from
Ur. Tutwiler, we could make no definite promisee as we do not know
exactly how the material will come forward , but we do know that it
will not come forward in large quantities at any one time but will
be distributed over the balance of the year.
Will you kindly advise us what you would like us to do?
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American Oil & Supply Co.,
Hewark, II. J.
l/i'.a/ny-Cj c^^April 30, 1915.
In accordance with our conversation this morning I
will accept your°offor of twenty-seven (271 drums of pure Benzol
and five |5)7drums of 90# Benzol on the following basis:
I will give vou one and a quarter (l-l/4) pounds of
mv standard Ca^olif Acid for each gallon of Be, azo O.^ainodk
onUthishtrarla'ction a bonus of two hundred fifty (250) pounds of
|my regular Carbolic.
in addition to the above 1 will take from you one
i irexcLige0 Ihe^onflndTqM 1 B"
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one hZr“00) druis I will also give you a bonus of five hun-
1 dred (500) pounds of my regular Carbolic.
In all the above transactions the drums fre
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control I will deliver you some Carbolic from day to day until 1
fulfilled my part of this arrangement.
yours very truly.
O.K. for
American Oil & Supply Co.
W. J. Hoffman,
Treas .
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April 50th. 191
Hr. Boland Kann,
53 State Street,
Boston, Hass.
Bear Sir:
I am in receipt of your favor of the 22nd instant,
which haB Been forwarded to me from Woodward, Ala.
In reply let me say that the matter of the Chemist
you mention does not interest me , as T shall probably not con¬
tinue in the ben sol products business after the war is over,
except that X expect to continue the manufacture of Carbolic
Acid.
Yours very truly.
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April 30th. 1915
T. ?. Sdmsnds & Company, ^
79 Kilby Street,
^ Boston . M&sb . } ^
Gentlemen:
Replying .to your favor of .th^e
27th instant, I. beg to sey that( I have ,
been oompelled. to Btop Hr, ..Kullaly .from,.,
taking any more, brae rs .for Aniline ( Oil, aB.^
I. am all sold nr for the present . X ray . %
be able^ to take further^ orders whe n I., am
assured of my Bens ol and Acids. Che war
people are buying-up everything in sight.
Yours very truly.
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Attention of Mr, Meadowcroft,
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the
28th inst., confirming our order for thirty-oix drums of
pure aniline oil. We also beg to acknowledge receipt of your
letter of the same date in regard to the telegram from Mr. Mark
Wolfsohn at San Francisoo. We have exchanged several telegrams
with them and while we believe that some party out there has
crude toluol, we feel very suspicious of the party we have been
exchanging telegrams with. We can see from their telegrams
that they are sending us all kinds of made up stories in order
to oatch us. In our last telegram to them we insisted upon
getting one drum sample and told them we will not make any
oontraot without examining the actual sample.
We also have your letter of the 36th inst, in regard to
Solvent Naptha. We trust that you have already sent A.Klipetein
& Company a second sample. We received a letter from them saying
that they wanted to have it shipped at once and we have just
written to them, requesting them to let us know what they think
of the second sample.
To Thomas A. Edison. . .Page 3. , .4/30/*15.
We also acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 36th inot,
in regards to diphenylamine . Yesterday morning a cable came
from Petrograd asking us to make firm offer on diphenylamine.
We have already cabled our offer on the basis of the information
which we previously
Toronto Chemical Company, Limited
Toronto Office: 18 Wellington Street East
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Aa received and installed in Phenol Plant, Badger Still
consisted of:-
One Main Kettle and connections
One Cast iron Column and connections
(No BriP connections originally provided)
One Dephleginator and connections
One Copper Condensor with silver ooil
One phenol Receiving Tank and connections
One Steam Water Receiving Tank and connections
One Glass Testing Bottle and connections
One Deane Single Vacuum Pump and connections
Special Durion Iron Valves and Tees and silver piping
Miscellaneous pipe, Valves, flanges and fittings.
The^Dephlegmator on Kammerhoff Still proving too small,
proposition was made hy hunt to furniBh Phenol Plant with a silver
tube Copper Condensor exactly like one originally furnished except
top and bottom flangesattaohed to our original condensor. (Order
for this issued by Goldthwaite at Mr. Edison's directions). Before
this was finally done by talk with Mr. Edison, Mr. Lunt agreed to
furnish Phenol Plant with new condensor (He says Mr. Edison agreed)
Iron tank, iron tubing vertical benzol type, in this way pro¬
viding an immediate relief for Mr. Kammerhoff by using our condensor
complete. This was done on Mr. Edison's orders, and in due time
we received the new condensor. JW e.0-1 .•'/c.C.t-ix 6-t+i y
In the meantime, findWkit no drip cocks had been provided
on our column, question was taken up with Mr. Meadowcroft and he
wired Badger people for the drip cooks which were furnished and
put in the column, but not connected with the pans properly. This
matter was taken up with Mr. hunt on his next visit and their
erector was sent to Silver Lake. He was provided with labor,
removed the column, drilled the pans and assembled it again.
By this time Mr. Kammerhoff' s experience had proved that
the dephlegmator was too small to do the work, and it Has decided to_
leave it out entirely, M*
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Next we obtained three galvanized iron coils with their
pans and standB from Mr, Kammerhoff and erected the same to take the
place of our dephlegmator and condensor. Before any runs had been
made under these new Conditions. Mr. Kammerhoff found that there
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oould be no iron piping in the gaseous or liquid Phenol gaffs' of the
apparatus. (It was about this time that our new condenser from the
Badger was reoeived, as noted above) At this ti*ie it was decided to
throw out the oast iron column, using oopper piptng instead and copper ,
coils. -yj/cA-t/. ■? tse-cis) £<-**■ UL >A /AS -<tHa-iAr trf- ^je^‘1 .
We therefore, designed three copper coils to use instead
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of the iron coils, and these were removedAusing the old pans and
stands. This was trie* out and worked for a while, but developed
bad leaks in the brass fittings at the ends of the coils. They were
removed again, shipped to Lawrence to be welded and on their return
to the Plant, two were erected as above, leaving; one for a spare.
During these preliminary runs four glass bottles were
broken on Kammerhoff Still and two on our Still, thus using up all
the regulars and spares that could be obtained. Complaint was made
to the Badger people and Lunt shipped a silvered, copper bottle with
small peek holes in the sides, glass covered, to take the place of
the glass bottle. @
Sample of pipe proved too Bmall, being piped with iron
piping unsuited to the work, and was re-piped by us UB.ing special
brass valves, special condensite disc, classes 500 and 5000,
brass piping with brazed joints.
By this time the welded iron nozzles on Phenol and steam
water settling tanks commenced to eat out and had to be replaced by
using riveted flanges and heavy nipples.
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'IewYork May 1st, 1915.
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ar.<i wish us to make a bid
In the first plane kindly
the goods are prime white
nolor , such as represented by the sample which
ceived from you through Messrs. Mitsui Sc Co.?
^Furthermore, we do not wish to make bidl
because when re have to sell goods we have to make1
offers, and we would appreciate if you would
of the lowest price at which you are prepared t
your product.
Shanking you in advance, we remain,
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Mr . C. .T. BamsBurg, 2nd Vice Pres.,
H. Eoppere Company,
Ptrst national Bank Bldg.,
PittsBurgh, Pa.
Dear Mr. P.arasBurg:
Deferring to the recent correspondence aha tele¬
grams we had concerning stills, let me say that I am interested
in your still for refining 90# Benzol to pure Benzol, Toluol ahd
Solvent naphtha, and wish to ask you what T consider a fair Busi¬
ness question. If a Badger still, capaBle of refining 2,000 gal¬
lons daily, costs £3,200, what partioularlolaims do you make • in
regard to your still that justifies you in charging £6,000 for
the same? Can you prove to me lhat the extra price you charge is
warranted? I am open to conviction.
Tour 8 very truly,
QTnlora, Ol^micala. ©Uu a«b iHtttpral $ rafcurta
Heferring. to your fi
to understand you ha
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; a supply^^Benzol at Sil^er^aheT H.J. 9
as soon as your plant, which I understand you are ins
is ready for 0pemtrAK^4fc*^>ojL:«^<^4'6‘,'h6V« tlr<
in ^er&ti'onand^* ready to make shipments '-of Anilin
against my -contract orders the ! middle..^ -this month?
You have my orders -for 20 tons of. mor.q of *
Oil to he shipped or delivered this month, and this me
uld he able: to make first shipment against their order-
lsisrer thco inquiry also any
others which I , expect will come to
hand within the next week or ten days./, . ^ :•
Thanking you for an earl'y^jsply , 1 \
You/s very. respectfully,
Thomas A. Edison t Esq., - c-v . .1 *
Orange , Hew Jersey. \.c'' ■ •y>1
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Dear Sir: 5 ?
I am enelos ir.r herewith iluilicate contracts
to cover the sale of hensol to you hy the northwestern
Iron Company.
Will you kindly sign one and return it to me,
beeping the other for your files.
I appreciate very much the list of prospects
buyers of benzol that you asked Hr. j.Ioad over oft to sene
Tor your information I would state that the
benzol pot is boiling very briskly these days and 75 <
is freely bid for the pure, with none offered at any s'
Very truly youys,
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Hay 4th. 1915.
Mr. J. H. Plummer, vice President,
Toronto Chemical Company, Limited,
18 Wellington Street Past,
Toronto, Canada.
Pear Hr. Plummer:
I am in receipt of yc-ur favor of the 30th ultimo,
and note that you are confirming my order with the Badger people
and requesting them to send you the usual form of proposal, so
that you oan order from them direct.
Will you nor/ kindly send your formal order to me
for the Hirzel stills. 7. have already ordered them to he made,
and they will he ready in about four weeks, not before. Tome minor
ohanges are being made in the patterns, so T c Tinot give you the
exact price at this moment, but it will' be somewhere about five
or six thousand dollars.
If there are any other parts of the equipment you
wiBh me to have made for you, 3uch as washing tank, alkali tank,
distributors, or anything else, please Bend yonr official order
for the sane and X will put the work in hand.
Yours
very truly,
Hay 4-th. 1915.
Mr. Clarence Dillon,
V.’a. Dead ts Company,
. Da3sau & Cedar rta.,
V.e~ York City.
Dear Mr. Dillon:
T have received your favor of the thir instant
enclosing duplicate contracts to cover sale of Benzol to me by
the northwestern Iren Company.
1 its suns it will be quite satisfactory to you
if the shipments are made in our own tank oar3 of about ten thou¬
sand gallons capacity. ~ ' ' " _
- . . - „ - do not dare for drums when a continuous
spppply is in question. On the earliest shipments X may want to •
have the same made in drums, but this v.-ouia only be for a verv
short time .
By using tank cars,
drums, and also troublesome charge:
we escape return freight on
3 and ore <i its.
T return the contracts, and shall be glad to have
you make the necessary change, in accordance wi.thethe above, and
send them back to me and X will sign them. f
Yours very truly.
May 4th. 1915.
Mr. Ueadowcroft:
On the 28th of May we have
got to ship to the Army five thousand four
hundred seventeen (5,417) pounds of Phenol,
and on the 28th of each month thereafter,
five thousand four hundred seventeen (5,417)
pounds.
This shipping date 13 in
reality, a date of delivery at Picatinny
Arsenal, so therefore I suggest that ship¬
ments he made at the 20th of eaoh month so
that delivery may he made on time .
The shipments should he address
to the Commanding Officer, ^icatinny Arsenal,
Dover, If. J.
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35. B. Badger 5: Sons Company,
63-75 ?itts Street,
Boston, Hass.
Gentlemen:
Your favor of the 27th ultimo in regard to the two
Badger Benzol Stills ordered by -i re on the 26th ultimo lias
teen received.
I teg to advise you that as a matter of convenience
I placed this order for the Toronto Chemical Company . ltd.,
Toronto, Ontario, and have ashed them to place the order direct
with you, as I clO not wih to incur any personal liability on
account of these two Stills.
Hr. J. H. Plximmer, the Vice President of the Toronto
Chemical Company, Utd.,hds written me that he will place the
order with you direct, so I must ask you to satisfy yourself as
to their financial responsibility. My rart in the matter has
been to expedite the business.
Yours very truly.
Hay 5th. 1915.
Mr. W. H. Mason,
% Coke Oven Department ,
Cambria Steel Company,
Johns town. Pa.
Dear Mr. Mason:
I!r. Edison has received your
favor of the fourth instant, stating that Mr.
Slidk asked that he would not give any passes
to anyone to go through our Benzol Plant. Mr.
Edison says he will he glad to comply with this
request, and he asks me to request you also to
take precautions about our own plant.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Bdii
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RECEIVED AT
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dOHHSTOWN PA MAY 6-15 9 50AM
THOS A EDISON , ORANGE Nd
CAMBRIA HAVE PUT IN SIX EXTRA TUBULAR COOLERS AND
COULD NOT GET OIL LOWER- THAN NINETY FIVE MESTERDAY THEY CUT
OUT FOUR COOLERS AND RAN 01 L I NTO ' A VERT 1C AL DIRECT
COOLER THIS COOLER IS TANK SIX FEET DIAMETER TWELVE FEET
HIGH f»OT OIL-ENTERS NEAR BOTTOM THROUGH PERFERATED PIPE COLD
WATER ENTERS NEAR TOP THROUGH PERFORATEM PIPE OIL FLOWS OUT
TOP WATER FLOWS OUT BOTTOM CURRENT PRINCIPAL OVERFLOWS ARRANGED LIKE
DECANTER SO OIL CANNOT FLOW OUT OF WATER PIPE DISCHARGE
WATER TWENTY FIVE DEGREES HOTTER THAN COOLED OIL THIS ONE
COOLER DOES MORE COOLING THAN TEN TUBULAR COOLERS OF OUT?
SIZE BELIEVE IT CAN BE WORKED SO AS TO LOOSE
NO WASH OIL NOW R£PURH OIL IS STEADILY INCREASING IN
TEMPERATURE NINETY FIVE THIS MORNING POSSIBLY DUE TO NAPPATALINE
IN TUBES OF COOLERS WILL EXAMINE TOMORROW WHEN WE SHUT DOWN
TO CHANGE COOLER ARRANGEMENTS WE ARE. NOW GETTING A LOT/ OF
NAPPATALINE IN RESIDUE FROM NUMBER ONE BADGER I WANT
10 MAKE DIRECT TYPE OF COOLER FOR HERE AND WOODWARD
WILL COST ONE QUARTER AS MUCH AS TUBULAR COOLERS MUCH
MORE EFFICIENT AND BELIVE IT WILL ELIMINATE TROUBLE WITH
RECEIVED AT J-'
NAPPATALINE AND MAKE GREAT SAVING IN WATER USED WE ARE STILL
MAKING TWELVE HUNDRED GALLONS CRUDE PER DAY BELIEVE WE COULD
GET MORE IF OIL WAS COOLER CRUDE DOES NOT TEST
AS HIGH AS WHEN OIL WAS COOL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM YOU
ABOUT EXTRA STILL KETTLE Fs?R WOODWARD I WANT TO LEAVE
. HERE FOR ABABAMA TONIGHT.
W H MASON 11 35 AM
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Badger & Sons
(Jmtstntrlnrs of (ftljemtral Apparatus
5 PITTS STREET
BOSTON, U. S. A.
May 6, 1916.
Thomas A. Edison,
(Laboratory)
Orange,
Dear Sir;
J.
Your favor of May 5th respecting the
furnishing of crude column for Woodward, Ala.,
plant, received and noted.
Your understanding as to the prices on
cast iron and steel equipment is correct. The
apparatus is of our standard design and we will
send you proposal when it is decided as to whether
you would prefer the cast iron or the steel appa¬
ratus .
With regard to the time of delivery. We
did not intend to give Mr. Meadowcroft the impres¬
sion that we would not he able to furnish you with
an apparatus sooner than this. We stated that we
were not giving any deliveries within this time un¬
less the oiroumstances were exceptional. This
is on account of the very large volume of work
which we have on hand; also on account of the fact
that we do not wish to tie ourselves up to absolute
capacity so that we would not he able to put through
other orders which we must necessarily make in our
own shops, provided they come up.
We appreciate your remarks regarding having
work done outside, hut we assure you that we are hav¬
ing a very large amount of work done outside. We
shipped last month $125,000. of apparatus, the larg¬
er part of which was distilling apparatus, and this
Thomas A. Edison
5/6/1015.
is quite a volume. The matters requiring more
attention than anything else in the manufacture of
this apparatus, wnd which delay us most, are the
boiling caps, for which we have all of the patterns,
dies, and special machine for stamping and perforat¬
ing, and which we could not well have done outside.
On cast iron columns we do not make the castings nor
do the machine work. We make all the caps, down-
pipes, assemble all the condensers and equipment,
and do all of the special machine work on the test¬
ers, decanters, regulating bottles, etc. Probably
one-lialf the work is outside work.
You will appreciate that outside work involves
greater expense, and our object in securing business
is primarily to keep our. sloops busy. We do not
like to bo required to make such deliveries that we
will be obliged to have work done outside, for the
larger amount of work we do ourselves, the less the
overhead expenses, and if the time of delivery will
permit us to do the work in our own shops, so much
the better.
In talking with Mr. Meadoworoft we did not
know as to whether you wished the apparatus deliver¬
ed in five weeks, or eight or ten, and did not intend
to give him the impression that we would not make every
effort possible to accommodate you so far as we could.
It is possible we could make shipment of this equip¬
ment in five weeks' time.
As to the column mentioned in your letter, con¬
structed for the Semet-Solvay Co., our 40" OOsection
column has 35 perforated caps per plate, instead of 20,
whioh you mention, and these probably are not perforat¬
ed caps. You know, however, the expense involved
in our design of baffle plate condensers, regulating
bottles, testers, eto. We agree- with you that it is
bad policy, as you say, to swap horses in the middle
of the seeing.
We think, if delivery is a matter whioh is going
to be of groat influence with you, you can rest assured
we will accommodate you in ono way or the other. We
have not delayed you in any case "on- any of the equip¬
ment which we have furnished you or your friends; we
have always done what we promised.
With regard to the production of refined and c.p.
- 3 -
Thomas A. Edison
5/6/1915.
products in the type of distilling apparatus which
you are using, would say that there is going to te
absolutely no question as to the production of the
gradeof c»p» products desired in this type of equip¬
ment: in fact, results in one or two oases have been
nhenomenal. We have a record of test run made the
other day on 30" column and dephlegmator of the same
type as furnished for the Dominion Iron & Steel Co.,
which was arranged with ordinary condenser, instead
of with our reflux condenser and regulating bottle
“SS zrAja “-jrsrtfs
trouble°whatever ^producing c.p. Products from the
crude benzol and toluol fraction produced J*®
first distillation of the crude benzol in the wash
oil stills. The efficiency of the perforated type
of COM Which we furnish. With °"3er *nd regu¬
lating bottle arrangement, is very high, and we^have
been highly complimented on results. We thinic
you need have no fear whatever but that with crude
benzol approximating 50$, free from wash oil, you
will havIPno difficulty in producing c.p.products
from the crude produced in the first split of this 50$
after washing.
Tours very truly,
E. B. BADGER CC
CIIIMICALES'C
CLCsMjn .
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
NewYork May 6, 19X5.
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v;e have your favor of May 5th, and reqaS&t you to
send us a sample representing the 5,000 gallons which you have
on hand so as to enable us to submit same to some of our friends
who may be interested in the goods. Our reason for doing so,
is the fact that we have sent a sample representing the two
drums of your goods which were offered to us by Mitsui & Co. ,
to one of our regular and most important buyer , and he turned
down goods entirely, although he is hard up for stuff, stating
that the quality is positively not up to standard. Of course,
in view of this report from our buyer who is a very reasonable
man with considerable knowledge of his business, we wish to
\be a little oareful as long as the articles are also new with
you.
Be good enough and send us a sample, and if you oare
to give us an option of a few days on your lot , we may be able
to dispose of same.
As far as price is concerned, same is satisfactory^
Dtz/AGID
Very truly yours,
A. KLIPSTE^
69n
my 7th. 1915.
Stein, Hirsh Si Company,
<550 V.’aBh ington Street.
JTew York City.
Gentlemen:
referring to the arrangement for purchase from me of four
thousand (4,000) founds of Carbolic Acid per day for a period of seven
(7) months from June 1st to December 31st, 1915, arranger’ for by me
with your Itr. Deo Stein. this morning, and this letter is intended to
reiterate the additional arrangement then spoken of.
On account of my shortage of Benzol, the capacity of my new
Carbolic Tlant will he limited to six thousand (6,000) pounds, of Car-
"bolio per day. Of this quantity four thousand (4 ,0CQ) pounds per day
is covered by the above mentioned arrangement with yon. One thousand
(1,000) pounds of the remainder T have already contracted to a Chemi¬
cal VTorks, and the other one thousand (1.000) pounds I des.ire to dis¬
tribute among my friends in the chemical business.
You hare stated to me that you would like to have five thou¬
sand (5,000) pounds of Carbolic per day and I am willing to produce
one thousand Tl.OOO) pounds per day in addition to the six thousand
(6,000) pounda above mentioned. If I have the Benzol I believe 1 can
do it, and if I find my plant has ample operating capacity I will be
glad to make this extra one thoxisand (1,000) pounds for you at the
same price quoted in our previous arrangement above mentioned, namely
seventy-seven and one-half oetrts (77 1/2 cents) per pound, provided
you will furnish me with the necessary quantity of pure Benzol to make
this extra one thousand (1,000) pounds. In this case you axe to fur¬
nish me with this pure Benzol on the basis of forty (40) cents per
gallon, ?. 0, B. Silver lake. If. J.
If I am. obliged to work, my plant on Sundays in order to pro-
Tlttf Tni“ ~ptra one thousand (1,000) pounds of Catholic for you , you
*0_ray *-<tra labor oharge for Sunday work, that is to say, I
would bill the Carbolic to you at the regular price, seventy-seven and
one-half cents (77 l/a cents) per pound, which would include my reg¬
ular manufacturing labor and other oosts at week-day rates, and the
6xtra that I pay for Sunday work would be billed you separately as an
extra in connection with the speoial extra prod ucjtijin-af one thousand
fl-,000) pounds per day. y
UNION =r
RECEIVED AT S38MAIN ST.
ORANGE, n. j.
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YOUR MESSAGE RECEIVED BADGER FURNISHEO ONLY TWENTY PLATE 48 INCH
STS im~,RV 5IIL'' F0R C#“B,", 'T m'S “ F°R F,R'8T ™«TIO,IATIONI
pute — «“ «■ »««»
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satpsesent"ill:vn“™“»«“»«.
m,son- »«*
at $1.00 par gallon, and if you aooapt same, we will reserve it
for you and ship it as you desire.
I do not think we would be able to give you an option on this
to be taken up at any time, for the reason that the market ie in
euoh a condition that we frequently have to decide instantly or
else lose the sale, and if wo gave you the option of sourse we would
have to hold it for you, and at the same time if you did not take it,
we would have it in stook and not be able to Bell it when the oppor¬
tunity presonts itself,
I think I would prefer to have you say definitely whether you
want to take the 2,000 or 2,500 gallons, or whether you would rather
leave it with the understanding that if wo have it when you deBirs
it, we will be very glad to give it to you.
In connection with the last paragraph in your letter, when you
have anything definite os to material for distillation, we would be
very glad to discuss it with you.
'~y
Fifth Vice President. '
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THK B.F. GOODRICH COMPANY,
Akron, Ohio . May v, 1915.
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Dear 3ir:-
Referring to previous o orrespondenoe in
reference to Aniline Oil, would say we find we can
plaoe an order for this item oovering a three months
period for deliveries commencing June 15th at the
rote of 10,000 pounds per month.
Providing you are in a position to oonsider
this business, we shell be pleased to have your best
prioe to apply thereon.
Yours very truly.
THIS AGREHJE1IS made seventh day of Kay, One Thousand , Hine Hundred
and Fifteen hy and between The Grasselli Chemical Co. of Cleveland |
Ohio, Hew York, H. Y., and elsewhere, hereinafter referred to ao Sellers,
and Thomas A. Edison, Inc. of Orange, IT. J., hereinafter referred to
as Buyers.
YfflH'EAS: In consideration of the sum of Ono
Dollar each to the other in hand paid, said other good and valuablo
considerations, the partios hereto have agreed and do hereby agree
as follov/3!
V/ITKE3CEi'Ht The Sellers hereby sell asid agree to
deliver to the Buyers, and the Buyers hereby buy and agree to toko
from the Sellers SULTHUEIC ACID as provided herein and as follows:
QUALITY:
OUAK’JITY:
DELIVERY :
THUIS OF
PAYIIEiiT:
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!: m WISHES WIUBEOF ,
Commercial Suli>huric Acid testing
97-l/2/90>i H2304.
Four Thousand (4,000) tons.
One Dollar and Fifty Cents (§1.50)
per 100 pounds.
F.O.B. cars at,Crasselli, K.J. and or
Grasselli, Indiana as provided herein
and at the rate of two hundred tons
per month commencing with Hay 1915
and ending with December 1916.
Settlement shall be made in U.S. Gold
or equivalents in thirty days from date
of invoice.
In sellers* tank cars from their Grassell:
II. J. Works excepting that on all ship¬
ments only prior to April 1st, 1916,
sellers shall have the option to ship
from their Grasselli, Indiana Works.
Fire, accident or strike in the works of
either party or on transportation lines,
or contingencies beyond the control of
either pary, rendering Buyers unable
to receive or hellers to deliver, shall
make this contract inoperative during
necessary repairs, rebuilding or con¬
tinuance of difficulties.
This contract is not transferable, and
is for consumption and not for resale,
and is binding upon the parties hereto,
their successors and assigns.
the parties hereto have signed thi3 agreomont in
|j duplicate tJxis 7th day
Hay, 1915.
SHE GAS BELLI CH3ilC.iL CO.
FBI C. E. Shons .
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Mr. Paul Thompson , Fifth Vice Pres.,
Unite a Gas Improvement Company,
Broad ana Aroh Streets,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bear Mr. Thompson:
I am in receipt of your favor of the 7th in-
atant and have notea its contents very carefully.
Of course , I am well aware that the pri oe of
C. P. Benzol is up pretty high 3nst now, hut what puzzles me
is that after I have aone considerable hunt lug for raw mater¬
ial, and referring parties to United Gas Imp: rove rent Company
(one of them being the people who had the crude from Chester,
Pa.) why I should have to ray one dollar ($1) a gallon.
It does not look as though I had gained muoh by
using my, own time and that of my office force to try and help
along your Company.
Tours very truly.
19nyhn 25 11*1 an
Sydney » 3 May 8th 1915
Thee A Mdiaen
•range K.J.
C.uld lead enetank car next week hut freight tariff
m.t effeotiTO until 24th endeaY.ring arrange ft **>"»* ,ri.r
effect It# date ef tariff
Sea Iren A Steel Ce
(Her/pte 0/r^/mcaAi
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Edison Mfg. Co.,
lakeside Ave. ,
West Orange, 3J. J.
Gentlemen:
We understand, that you are produoing, and have for
immediate delivery, a few drums of
SOLVENT tT APHTHA
of whioh we are regular consumers, hut are in immediate need of
in the least , one drum. Would it be asking you tooi much to he
kind enough and wire us on reoeipt.of thiB your lowest price
for one drum, immediate shipment to Jersey City, and oblige.
Very truly yours,
B. P. DTJCAS CO.
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May 11, 1915
DOMINION IRON & STEEL CO.
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Your wire aigth received. Load tank car and ship at earliest
possible moment regardless of rate, over following route.
Intercolonial, Grand Trunk, New York Central, Huntingdon and
West Shore and Erie at Weohauken, Now Jersey. Have UP J'*™
railroads matter of suspending tariff and making rate effective
earliest logal date. >' ' ,
§ee your tariff six eighty nine effective i.iay twenty seventh
protecting forty one cent rate Benzol in carloads Sydney to
Silver lake, llew Jersey. Textile people suffering and busi¬
ness at a standstill. Plants closed aid men laid off for
want of dyes. Prom benzol I am making aniline oils and car¬
bolic acid which are needed badly. hart in of Grand 'Trunk
advises my Traffic man that he will today while in Washington
take up with Commission for suspension of tariff. Will you
not do likewise with Commissions. Conditions absolutely de¬
mand this. Pl(
JTB.BB
Paid - charge
Edison
May 11th. 1915.
CARBOliIC ACID.
Ur. Takaki called me on the telephone thlB morning and he said
that Dr. Takomini had received a oahle from the Japanese Govern¬
ment asking for quotation on one hundred thirty (130) tons of
Carbolic Acid, deliveries to commence June 15th, and continue up
to December 31st, 1915. Mr. Takaki as 1® d if we could furnish it.
Yesterday Mr. Edison told Mr. Takaki that the utmost he could do
would be one thousand (1,000) pounds a day, which would be eighty-
nine (89) tons up to the end of the year. He told Mr. Takaki he
• would sell him this at fifty (60) cents if Mr. Takaki would fur¬
nish the Benzol at sixty (60) cents.
I spoke to Mr. Edison about his making this one hundred thirty
(130) tons for the Japanese Government, and he said he could not
make more than the eiehty-nine (89) tons unless Mr. Takaki was
willing to put up fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in cash to
extend the plant and furnish Benzol at forty (40) cents per gal¬
lon. Mr. Edison said that yesterday he made a mistake in saying
sixty (60) cents. He meant forty (40) cents per gallon. I told
Mr. Takaki that Mr. Edison said that if he (Takaki) wanted to put
up fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) Mr. Edison would extend his
plant so as to provide the necessary fifteen hundred (1500) pounds
per day to fill the contract for one hundred thirty (130) tons.
X also told Mr. Takaki that Mr. Edison said he would have to charge
this fifteen thousand dollars ($16,000) on the price he quoted to
the Japane se Government, and also figure the Benzol as re ing sup-
plied to Mr. Edison at forty (40) cents, but that Mr. Edison s.
price to Mr. Takaki would be fifty (60) cents per pound.
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•'ay 13 th. 1915.
Hr. Thomas A. Edison,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, B. J.
Dear Pir:
Ohe erode Toluol should he washed as follows:
2$ by volume of 80$ Pulphurio Acid i3 run into the
Toluol and the agitator allowed to run for 30 minutes during
the next half hour the si udge is allowed to settle and is
drawn off. The operation is repeated with 98$ Acid. A sample
of the Toluol is then distilled in the Laboratory ana the dis-
•fc il late is examined to see if it stands the acid test as laid
down in the speoi float ions . If not the washing with aoid is
repeated. Then l4w Caustic Soda is run in using about 5$
by volume and the toluol is agitated and allowed to settle.
The aque»4a. liquor is run off, it being tested with litmus paper
to be sure that it is alkaline . Then about one fourth the volume
of water is run in and after agitation allowed plenty of time to
settle. This may have to be done twice to be sure that all the
alkali has been removed. The Toluol is allowed to settle complete
ly and distilled, with the dephlegmator at 100°C .
Yours very truly.
TELEGRAM
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\7. H. Meadowcroft,
Edison Laboratory.
Johnstown, Pa.
May 11, 1915.
Shipping today 9 arums 90$ and 3 drums C. P. Benzol, Newark.
How many drums Solvent llaptha can you use .
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i2th.. May, 1915. 4P*“*^
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Mr. ThoB. A- Miaou, l ,
Orange, H.J? ^
Bear Sir;- ^ ^Ci'Scfi£^S
X have your night letter of the 11th. instant], giving
rooting for «. first ton* os. of Ml*.
will he followed out in regard to same, ^ /
Shipment will he made as soon as we reoeive advice
from you as to whether Benzol similar to sample seniTyou by the/
S.S. "Stephano" is suitable. /
s faithfully, /
HST/M.
Chief Cleric Traffio Bepartment.
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Mr, Thomas A. Edison,
East Orange, Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir:—
RE BENZOL ABSORBIilG PhAITT FOR JAPAN.
Referring to my conversation with you which took place
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proposition submitted by the Cleveland People.
This proposition was first submitted at their own sug¬
gestion and which our machinery department sent to Japan. Then
the Japanese Government gave us the specification, a copy of which
we enclose herein , and now the Cleveland People are making a plan
and proposition to fit in with this Japanese Specification and
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reference .
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Johnstown, Pa.,
lit. Thomas A. Edison.
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fraotionation do you wish made?
JOHB BACOH, JB.
Collect.
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fceesrs. Thomas A. Edison, Ino . ,
Orange, N. J.
Gentlemen:-
A.s we are running short of Phenol
and have no advices of shipment from you since
April SOth, we telegraphed you:
"What quantities Phenol is enroute
last shipping advices April twen¬
tieth"?
We now have your reply:
"Our Benzol was delayed in arrival
will ship Phenol Saturday regret
the few days delay".
We can appreciate fully the condi¬
tions, but hope that the quant it y you will ship
us Saturday will be sufficient to make up the
Bhort shipments of the last few weeks.
Awaiting your further advices, we
Mew York, May 13th, 1916.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq..,
East Orange, H. J.
Dear Sir: —
As a matter of form, we heg to confirm our previous conversa¬
tion with you in regard to the Carbolic Acid business . You were
good enough to do us a special favor in proposing to make 1500
pounds of pure Phenol, United States Pharmacopaeia from the 15th
of June and you will he willing to take a contract for the quan¬
tity not less than 2,000 pounds at the price of 50 4, provided you
get pure Benzol from the Woodward Plant at the cost of 40 4 per
gallon. (Mitsui & Company to pay you §15.000.00 to cover the cos'l
of building an extent ion.
The cable from Japan which reached here this morning states
that they want about 330,000 pounds all together and we have cabled
to Japan stating that we are not willing to make any more than
1,500 pounds per day from June, 18th and therefore the delivery of
330,000 pounds will he completed in the middle of March, 1916, at
the rate of 1,500 pounds per day.
Thahking you again for your special favor in the instance
and with kind personal regards.
Yours very truly,
MITSUI & CO . , 1IMITED .
BY( signed) SHUMZO TAKAXI.
Assistant Manager.
"Specification for the supply of Toluol: Appear¬
ance to he a clear water-white liquid, free from suspended
solid matter. .Specific Gravity: The specific gravity i3
to he not less than .868 and not more than .870 at 15.5
degrees Centigrade. Boiling point must correspond approximately
to°110 degrees Centigrade corrected. Sulphuric acid test
90 C. C. of Toluol shaten with ten C. C. of 90^ sulphuric acid
for five minutes should impart only a slight colour in the
acid layer. Distillation test: 100 C. C. are placed in a
fractionating flash for 200 C. C. capacity; a thermometer divi¬
ded in tenths of a degree centigrade is so adjusted that the
top of the hulh is on a level with the side tube, heat is
applied over a smll area of the centre of the bottom and the
distillation conducted in such a way that The distillate
ranges over as quickly as possible in distinct drops, "bur
not in a continuous stream; the t e mpe rature is read when
5 C. C. and again when 95 C. C. have collected in the receiving
cylinder. The difference between tin two readings must not
be greater than 0.8 degrees centigrade."
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May 14th. 1915.
L!r. V?. H. Maso n ,
% Coke Oven Department,
Cambria Steel Company,
Johnstown, Pa.
Dear Mr. Mason:
Hr. Edison has ashed me to write to yon ana say
to yon that now that our Aniline ana new Carbolic Plants .are so
near ready we must be kept promptly ana correctly lnformea as to
your proauot at Johnstown.
He. wishes you therefore to Bena every night a re¬
port showing how much crude you have made, ana how much Benzol you
have distilled, shipped or have on hand. In other words, he wants
to know every day Just what has been done ana how you stand in re¬
gard to Benzol on hand.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Hr. Edison.
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ED J SON LABRATORY , ORAMGE NJ
JUST RETURNED BELIEVE WE WILL START WOODWARD WITHIN TEN DAYS JOHNSTOWN
PLANT RUNNING ABOUT 1200 CRUDE PER DAY IN LAST DAY OR TWO THE PRESSURE
REQUIRED TO FORCE GAS THROUGH ABSORBING TOWERS HAS INCREASED SUSPECT
IT DUE TO NAPTHALINE CRYSTAL 1 ZED IN£XCELS|OR TRYING EXPERIMENT OF
RUNNING HOT OIL THROUGH TO DISOLVE NAPHTHALINE I WILL BE IN ORANGE
MONDAY,
W H MASON,
355PM
Dominion Steel Corporation, Limited
tfoo . Toronto j _ ^
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plant at Sydney
- <^<T*A^VvKa*£-
The Benzol plant au o.yuiic^
there are 'un^^^s^ecf* $arfi s^^tmT^he
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Gt^ „6*i££L*& U^l ’2—<?>-0
/[ The plant Is designed for over 2400 United States gallons
Benz ol claily^ or”w$?c& ytnio 0 nfcr a c t would call J for 800 gallons, or
say one-third. X have been asked to fix the date from whioh your
shipments are to count, and my idea would be to say one-third of
0. P. Benzol output until it reaches 2400 gallons and 800 gallons
daily thereafter.
They also ask the question whether 800 gallons dally means
4800 oy\5600^)fa lions weekly. V/hat was your idea?
It would be well to put this business on a regular footing
t**'*
and if you will let me have your views on these two points I will
get the Bales Department to send you the usual foim of sales contract.
Have you heard anything of eu»r increased duty on Benzol??
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Shos. A. Kdison, Ksf^^’'*4’’/?’*
Orange, H. J. v
Toronto Chemical Company, Limited
Toronto Office: 18 Wellington Street East
l.lay 14 th, 1915
Dear Mr. Edison: -
I enclose order for the two Hirtzel stills, which
X hope will cover your needs. I am trusting to you as to
prices, as we did at Sydney. I am disappointed about deliv¬
eries and hope you will see that we get all the dispatch
possible.
I have written twice to the Badger Company but
received no reply. They may perhaps be doubtful about credit
but I guarantee the account and will if neoessary mate a depos¬
it. I am counting positively on deliveries according to your
telegram of 24th April, namely one each in eight and ten week?.
The experience at Sydney as to capacity of Hirtzel
and Badger stills has been disappointing, but possibly with im¬
proved practice, larger pumps, better cooling arrangements, etc.,
this may be overcome.
Yours very truly,
Enel.
Thos. A. Edison, Aaq. ,
- Vice-President
/^4a>4l
Pay 15th. 1915.
Mr. Leeming:
Mr. Bdi f»n Trill want to get 10 tons of oast iron borings.
T think yon obtained for him some little time ago a small quantity
for one of the people to whom we sell sorar. He wants you to ob¬
tain a sample and price for him on this right away.
He also wants to get ion pounds of rather coarse metallic
zinc dust. He does not care particularly for the fine , which is
rather expensive. Will you please also find out about this, how
quickly it can be obtained and at what price and have sample fur¬
nished.
He will want to get these supplies fery quickly.
W. H. MKA-POPCDOFT .
COPY.
flew York, May 16th. 1915.
We beg to outline the following proposition for pure phenol. United
States Pharmacopaeia quality, for Japan which has already been verbally
arranged with you.
X. You agree to make 1,500 pounds per day, commencing June 15th,
1915 for the mimimum quantity of 200,000 pounds provided we pay for the
additional machinery, the cost of which will not exceed w15,000.
2 Your price, f. o. b. factory without containers will be fifty
cents (50 per pouAd, provided you get pure benzol from Woodward at
forty cents (40^) per gallon.
Upon the above basis, we have been exchanging cables with Japan
and the last cable which reached here this morning states uhat our
Japanese buyer signed the contract with the Japanese Government for
300,000 pounds to be delivered by January 31st, 1916.
s&rs£?-S’kn u.brs«.,
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-s.r.SB£ s'Jss's’ra: sff, »».
Tr, n,a«, +o keep vou well posted on this transaction, we herewith
enclose ^of« made out. and AiA will slearly show
also making the delivery of the goods.
Our Japanese Customer agreed to ^f^Atsl 79^ fou^o^a^,"0'1114
Benzol Absorbing Plant at Woodward.
Our figures in this Proforma Invoice are all very safe and wemay
find quit! f bit left as our profit and in such a case, we will turn it
back into our joint account.
Che above mentioned six cents per pound was figured on basis that
9.4 d which means $.664 more for one gallon of Benzol at the rate of six
pound phenol to one gallon Benzol and $.611 more at the rate of 6-1/2
pounds Phenol to one gallon of Benzol. At any rate, out of tuis carbolic
acid transaction, our benzol will be sold at One Dollar or more per
gallon and because it will take 50,000 gallons of Benzol to make 300,000
to 330,000 pounds of carbolic acid, the woodward joint account will re¬
ceive somewhere around $50,000.
Supposing that each gallon of Benzol or 1'oluol from Woodward cost
us 4o2aper gallon, the total liability will be $180,000 on basis of
450,000 gallons output. Since you have already bought 600 gallons per
day for one year which means 219,^00 gallons at 60^,. the woodward joint
account has already $131,400 as a sale and now, we can add $50,000
to it, total of which will just cover the entire liability for the first
year including cost of the plant.
Therefore, whatever we sell on top of these two sales of Benzol
will be clean profit which will be" divided half and half as per our
agreement and we feel that we can afford to go slow from now on and
hope that the above is to your entire satisfaction.
ST /DM
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
BhO 4 I'ORIttii IMYOICa.
330 , OOP# Pure Phenol.
Price fifty cents (50^) per pound on basis of price of Benzol
Forty cents (40^) per gallon. From one gallon of pure Benzol
six pounds of Phenol can be obtained. In case of price of Pure
Benzol is sixty cents (60$/) per gallon.
60$/ - 40^ = 20$/
Z04 - 6#s= 3.334, say 3.4 4 .
Therefore, net price of phenol 50$/ plus 3.4$/.= 53.4$/
Cost of machinery including interest
$15,000.00 plus $1350.00 - $16,350.00
$16,550.00 divided by 330,000 = say 5.0
Freight, packings and Insurance, say 6.0
For emergency, Pure Benzol may probably be
necessary to buy from outside, say 1.0
Commssion for hoc tor Takamine 6.0
Commission for us 6.0*
Commission for Tokio office say
Price per pound 79.0 4
ilajr 17th. 1915.
”r . J. H. Plumme r ,
C5 Dominion Iron 8: Steel C-o.,
Toronto, Canada.
Dear I'r. Plummer:
I an in receipt of your favor of the 14th instant,
enclosing order for the two Ulrzel Stills for fault Ste . ”nrie.
Yen may he assured that we will make the prices as reasonable as
possible, and X think your disappointment will perhaps abate when
you receive the memorandum which I have sent you today about de¬
livery.
T do not see why the Badger Company does not write
you. X will drop them a line today and ask them to communicate
with you, biit mould say for your inf or rot ion that I received a
litter from them last week stating that the deliveries wffuld come'
along all right, namely, one still in eight weeks and the other in
ten weeks.
The capacity of the Hirzel Pi ills is all right. It
is the cooling arrangements and pnmp capacity that need attention.
The Badger Stills have not the oapaoity desired on account of the
severe specifications.
Yours very truly,
UNITED STATES STEEL - BENZOL,
At Mr. Edison’s request I called up Mr. Walker of the United States
Steel Corporat ion and askEd him how about Hr. Edison i dS?iave
Benzol in accordance with Judge Gary’s promise that he should have
ome Benzol at market price when their plants went Into operation,
r. Walker asked what we would consider as market price and I told
. .j. _ i j ... oirnn-Mv Tm* that Mr. Edison did not con-
him that" I could not 'say exactly hut that Mr. Ed di a not con-
sider the present fancy prices of a dollar, one dollar aid fifteen
cents, and1 so on, to represent a market price , as they were only
speculative and fictitious. I told him I did not think Mr. Edison
would consider any such figure as representing a true market price.
Mr Walker said that the United States Steel Company had appointed
as ‘their agent for the sale of Benzol and other hy-products the
American Coal Products Company, and we couia call up Mr. Jayne or
that Company1 and talk the Matter over with him. I again reminded
"Mm n-F .Tndffe Gary's promise to Itr* Edison, of which Hr. Edison
himself spoke to Mr. Walker when he visited the offices of *he
States Steel Corporation in the latter end of last year. Mr. Walker
said that Mr. Jayne had called us up on the telephone in pursuance
of that promise sometime ago, to ask what ouf 1)6 -
t told Mr. Walks r that Mr. Jayne had then said the price would he
one dollar per gallon, which Hr. Edison did not consider was a kind
of price that should he quoted to him in view of Judge Gary s promise
and had said at the time that he could not UBe it at that price.
I again spoke of Judge Gary's promise to Mr. Edison, and told Mr.
Walker that T thought it ought to have been provided for, but he did
not make any satisfactory answer, only saying that we would have to
oall Mr. Jayne and talk to him abort getting Benzol. The impres¬
sion I derived from this telephone interview was that the United
States Steel people had gone ahead and appointed Coal
Products Company as their agent for the sale of all Ihe ir by-product
forgetting Judge Gary's promise to Mr. Edison.
\7. N. MEADOWCROFT.
Attention of Mr. Meadowcroft,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange , Hew jersey.
Dear Sir:- „ . ,,
We b'eg to confirm our order for 300,000 pounds of pure Phenol
United States Pharmacopaei3-, to he delivered at the rate of 1,660
pounds per day commencing June 15th, 1915 and ending December 31st, -----
1915., for which we will pay in cash within ten days after the ship¬
ment is made from your Plant at the rate of 50$ per pound net.
It is understood that you pay 40$ for each gallon of pure Benzol
shipped from Woodward,
The contents of our letter dated May 15th showing the account
of this contract, of course stand good and we expect to show in our
Book of Woodward Accounts, One Dollar or more for each gallon of
Benzol so used.
In order to keep the account clear, kindly advise us exaotly
how many gallons of Benzol we ought to ship from Woodward in order
to get 1,660 pounds of Phenol from you per day.
Thanking you for your special favor which was extended to us
in this contract and with respects
’Yours very truly
Telephones
0. S. JANNEY & CO.
Frances Patterson, Broker
SHELLAC, WAXES, CHEMICALS, Etc.
10 ** &rU^imD™~e
DIEHHJTXXAIilH: All this, I am ashamed to say is GHKKK to me, but am
putting it up to wiser heads than mine, ( yours, you see'
and if yon are making it and want to let mo have a chance to make
a little of the money X did not make on the CARBOLIC , why let
mo hear from yon with all the necessary information.
Thanking you in adaance and with kind regards, X am.
Very truly yours,
FRANCKS PATTKRSOIT.
Y/hat about 3LTA KAiTHOL. Have you started yet.
The Thomas A. Kdison Laboratory.
Orange , U . J •
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
Frances Patterson, Broker
SHELLAC, WAXES, CHEMICALS, Etc.
1091 Drexel Building
SPF.OIffI GABIONS:
PniLADULPniA
1000 kg (2240 pounds) Plphenylamin { O^H ) N. H.
li She dlphenylamin must lie chemical clean:
al Ihe Crystal must l)e quite white and smell aromaticaly, thp
must not become brownish wheg expccctl to cn° *0n_S
Dlphenylamin mixed with 2 om° thinned and 20 on con
centrated H S 0 free from H It O^ shal£ give colorless solution
2 4 -J
h) It must contain 1
cold distillod water, the filtered water nnv.it
give sediment of Ag Cl.
o) It shall taelt at 54 deg 0.
a) She solution in uleohol must not ; hr,-
B IJTTK RWOlvTII-fl U D S ON COM PAN Y
Newark.N.J.
Hay 19th, 1915.
Mr* Thomas A* Edison,
Dear Sir:
Pursuant to the suggestion of your Ur. lieadoworoft, Hr. Durkin and
1 visited you yesterday to discuss cooperation along oertain lines in which
we are mutually interested.
You stated that your interest in manufacturing phenol was merely
to supply yourself with a high grade produdt for your phono p-aph records,
whlohFpurpose. of course, eliminates any idea of our occupying a position in
competition with you in the manufacture of phenol. You expressed a desire
to cooperate with us, hut hesitated to disclose to us certain da^B
the manufacture of phenol, this for the reason as stated by you that “ would
not he fair to the parties from whom you received your information to dlsolose
a secret belonging to them upon which they counted to earn their bread and
butter, ffe then suggested that we were quite willing, aa * t0V
oomplete cooperation, to protect the interest of these parties as it might
appear.
You thon made the suggestion to us that you would manufacture and
deliver to us phenol if we would deliver to you benzol on the
gallon of benzol for one lb. of phenol. This proposition was not attractive
to us, and we made the suggestion that we would like to receive from ycrua
proposition which would contemplate our delivering to youall the raw materials
for making phenol receiving phenol in exohange. you indicated a dewire to
take thle^ suggestion under consideration, and we will expect to hear from you
at your earliest convenience •
Boston, Mass.
Mr.
May 19.
1915.
11. Mcadowcr of t ,
Thomas A. Edison,
Orange , N . J •
Enclosed find copy of our letter sent you on April
>8th, referring to carbolic still. We believe this is plan.
Wp tiers onallv cannot see the advantage in using silver
connecting piping when usins an iron receiver.
lngUcoil? andni|ethKeL O.K., iron’ connecting piping should he.
We have furnished silver connecting piping on the second
.till which you have on hand, and you have iron piping for the
first still.
Wo are sending you (under separate enclosure) assembly
as assembly plans.
Silver has been employed for the condensers whore the
vapors are hot and the action would-be *he™ost^ also the h< -
*ng coil : * J? "00eiVerU we can pro¬
to be attacked. V-ime Please let us know as
cure the same in a few weeks wigi, slivcr connecting
piping^f orUthoUstill^for°which wfhLe furnished iron, we will
make this up for you as soon as possible.
wp are also sending (under separate cover) duplicate
y
- 2 -
Mr. VT. H. Meadowcroft
5/19/15.
shipping memoranda covering tlie^wo ^stills
74094 ia for the x xrsu siiixx, u. m.
still.
^ .-SSi'UK *»™“"
immediately hy express to you.
jiulson co.^and^ill^not^rite'^thcm^f urther^awalting^adviccs1'
from you.
yours very truly*
E. B. BADGER?
CLCsMJR
ENCLOSURES
/
4
Hay 20th . 1916.
Miss Frances Patterson*
1091 Drexel Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
ny dear iliaa Patterson:
I received your favor of the ISth instant,
with specifications on Biphe nylanine . I do not Blame you for
saying that they are all Creep to you.
v?e are expecting to make some Piphenylamine
Before long, and Hr. Edison wishes me to say that he can meet
the opecif ioationB that you enclosed in your letter. Before we
could give you any information that v'ould he of use to you. we
should have to know how large a contract you would expect to place
and how long a period of time it would embrace .
I7e are not quite sure yet whether we shall
go into Beta Paphthol, and cannot say anything definitely about
that at this present moment.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Ttr. Edison.
May 20th.
1915.
2he Heyften Chemical Works,
135 S' ill iam Street,
' r?ew York City .
Gentlemen:
£e plying to your favor of the
17th instant, T beg to say that we have
had a drum of Carbolic Void ready for you
two dayg, and we telephoned your office
and your factory that it was ready day be¬
fore yesterday, b\rfc your truck has not yet
cad. led for it.
I think -e shall be able to give
you some of the arrears by the end of this
week or the beginning of next.
Yours very truly.
I.iay 20, 1915.
'i'he Seydel iianuf ac turing Co.,
BS-100 Forrest St.,
jersey City, W. J.
Gentlemen:
V;e must ask you to S^ae e»uae the^elay^tawri^
formal aokiiowledgment of your 01 e ^ memorandum which you
SS 2 S« Z SisViSfi r.. m. ~ «•
will stand as follows:
ton in December.*
Crescent, one-half
October and November.
ton June, July, August, September,
-half ton in June.
Holston Manufacturing Co., twelve tons in
ments June, July, August, September, October, ,oveu
December.
,U1 the above, except the f 13 t?n Manufacturing Co.
are at forty-fire (45) cents per pound, tfaa
having misunaerstood ia. rf ^ B0Und. In all the above cases
£ *sms 1" Serb's rs*.
Edison has oeen unaei in e ^ would arrange to discount
K^bfu^/tnTo'^ I3 this agreeable?
,:e beg to remind you that we have no shipping
address for anyone of your above customers.
I remain,
s that you will favor us with an early reply
v«„« mrv truly.
Assistant
Edison.
- 3 in renly to your inquiry as to date of
ISiffo LrTest to expedite °a£ Shipments.
shipment, I beg to
■few* days and then
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JOHNSTOWN PA WMl J-
THOS A EDISON, EDISON LAB,
ORANGE NJ
MESSAGE RECD.HAV ING TROUBLE WITH PRESSURE IN ABSORBING TANKS . HAVE
PROVED MAIN TROUBLE DUE TO TANK .W WHICH EXPLOSION OCCURRED
IN FEB. PART OF THIS EXCELSIOR WAS NOT REMOVED, BELEIVE
IT IS PACKED TOO TIGHT . RUNNING OIL HOT HELPED THIS
WEEK AGO BUT DOES NOT IMPROVE h: NOW. ARRANGED TO
SHUT OFF TOMORROW AND EXAMINE AB80RBER8 DISTRIBUTION OF OIL AND
TAKE OUT EXCELSIOR AND REPACK WITH NEW WHERE NECCESARY^LETTER
FOLLOWING, WILL BE HERE UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT.^ ^
1235AM
la. , Hay 21st . 1915 .
Thomas A.. Edison.
Orange, H. J.
Referring to conversayon/^th your Hr. Mason wouia appreciate it
if you would wire how soon ana at what price you could
replace for us here fVBenzol Plant now being erected. V/e to fur¬
nish all foundat^ra ana make necessary conned ion .
WOODWARD IP.OH COMPAHY.
trouble is caused
After the explosi
replaced it wi'
*j|r.cLina -ril^ in good cordition and
ire took the excelcier out of two or three trays
hut the bottom tray and the one next to^it
far as could be told from^ excelcier.
)— accasl-on— f-or-drang-ing-1
Af^ter— o-bs e-rviTig— t-lieTe— r/ac— no— occasa-on— i-o r ™miri«s “““ ' ' V,
I believe now that this excelcier was unduly packed by the explosion and
a gage test shows three quarters of our total presure is due
tank.
I therefore, have arranged to shut down to-morrow and make a tliorpu^i v=i
examination of the tanks, Oil destribution, etc, and will take out the >,^
excelcier if 'it is packed too tight, as I expect. This has no doubts
part of our trouble, but I do not believe it is the cause of all '
jw checking up
caused
and am
else..
.cords etc, with the hope of locating someth^
^Tttg-YOU ®v '
if,
| ROBERT MEYER
DYER o4FAST BLACK AND FANCY COLORS
■ ’ LAWRENCE, LUZERNE
AND FIFTH STREETS
ND SUllPHlJl
L'JvUr
ANILINE
PHILADELPHIA^ 2l8t.,
1915. ,
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orangey N. J.
I VV (7
Dear Sir:- O CL"6
Please advise me just how soon you can make a shipment
of the 2 drums of Aniline Oil, as per my letter to you of Jhe^
18th inst.
iv.tr- v
If it is impossible for you to ship these 2 drums at \
Itt
one time, I would appreciate it very much if you would send a^
least one drum, as soon as you possibly can, as my customers v
are urging me for their work, f
Kindly let me know how Boon I oan expect the drums,
BO that I oan lay my plans accordingly.
If you will mall me your invoice upon shipment of the
drum, I will send you a check by return mail.
Thanking you in advance for your prompt attention,
end trusting that you will be in a position to ship me at least
the drum at once, I remain
Very truly yours,
ROBERT MEYER,
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange.
Bear Mr. Edison,
■ 1 /r/> - /. $? May 21st 1916.
X* W-
JriZZ *
We have a contract
—
Oil, delivery beginning June 1st, which o£ oc
QsyUJL*#*** 1
glad is in fo:
. > -t2T>vuU!u-
' fcliH* r 1
ybfu for Aniline
However, IV^inay. be of . interest to you
to know that the Genera:
several oontractB, a
terday, whioh states
per pound nor be lowerct^~ _ — » — T ■ — - ...
J U*nX&- vuiw 1 CiK ~
those limitations according to conditions. Of course^.!
take it without investigation that Oil will sell prao$&E
oally at 25^, bat it ooaurred to me if they oould make a
price of 25^, you oould do likewise, and if you can see
-f” '7~~
your way olear to meet this price^I will be glad to do so.
I can get the oopy of contract made by the general Chemical
Co. on this basis and send you if you desire to Bee Bame.
With best wisheB, I an.
Yours very truly.
('(
Pre aidant ,
r~)' L ■<> • / ( a ■
86-100 Forrest St.,
Jersey City, i-I . J.
May 21, 1915.
iir. William Meadoworoft,
Orange, Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir:
We beg to acknowledge receipt of yours of the 20th
and. find all item3 correct except that of the Crescent Kfg.
Company, who you will remember changed from half yearly to
yearly and are expecting half ton June, July, August, Sept.
October and November and one ton January, February, March
April and Kay, thus changing the price on tnat order to oofi
less 5yi.
Regarding payment of bills at 1,0 in ten days beg
to advise that thi3 will be agreeable.
We are enclosing herewith freight bills for the
June shipments.
7/e shall be glad to have you hold up the Scotland
Heck Cotton Kills shipment until we advise you further.
7/e thank you for an early reply and remain,
Very truly yours,
the seydel kfg. company.
(signed) H. Seydel.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orage , New Jersey
Dear Sir:—
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Attention _of >[r ^^ieadowcAhitt,.^. jj
VJe have your^etter of the 20th inat. and beg to confirm
the understanding that we will pay for all necessary extra ap-
p„.tu. y^ V»
nectiori with our Carbolic Acid Order V y
h you purcha.se, if you sencl
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/ Plant very shortly and if you have no objectig^,fl»»HreTter
V wishes to go down there at the same time in order to be fully
/ informed about the Plant. Please let us know when you are
\ going down.
\ & Very truly yours.
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Hay 24 th. 1916.
I'r . John Baoon, Jr.,
Coke Oven Department,
Cambria cteel Company,
Johnstovm, Pa.
Dear Fir:
I received yonr telegram of the 21st in regard to Folvent
Paphfcha and also statine that yon would have da hand today 24 dmms
of Toluol, and that lack of space would not permit storage without
extra oost.
This Toluol is already sold under contract, hut I am try¬
ing to expedite the arrangements for delivery. It is possible that
Col. Phipps, or someone from him will come .and wont to test it be¬
fore allowing its shipment on the contraot. In that oase , please
allow them to make their inspection and test. I trust you will do
the best you can about storing this for a few days until I o an make
the necessary arrangements for its removal.
I would like to know how you stand in regard to drums.
Me have sent you two oarloads altogether and I shall be glad to have
you let me know how you stand, that is to say how many you have on
hand.
Yours very truly.
Woodward Iron Company
"Your telegram about duplicate benzol plant received. Mason
will soon arrive at Woodward and make satisfactory arrangements to giva
you what you dssire."
pleaee accept our thanks for your prompt attention in this
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Attention of Mr. Wm. Meadowcroft,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir: —
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KE PURE BEHZOI, FOR 300.000 POnWDR PORE _P_HE HOT^
From your previous letter, we understand that you wish us to
ship you 500 gallons pure Phenol per day from Woodward to your
Plant at Silverlake, IT. J. On basis of 6-3/4 pounds Phenol to
one gallon of Benzol, you will require all together 45,359 gallons
of pure BenzoJ. to manufacture entire 300,000 pounds of pure Phenol.
But, if you take the basis at S pounds Phenol to one Gallon of
pure Benzol, you will require all together 50,000 gallons to make
300,000 pounds pure Phenol.
PurePhenol, which we contracted with you is going into the
hands of the Japanese Government who are very strict in enforcing
their contract w ith any contractors and we must be doubly careful
about delivery of pure Phenol. Our contract with you calls for
Phenol to begin to be delivered from June 15th at the rate of 1,660
pounds per day on basis of twenty-eight days per month. We presume
that you must have pure Benzol to
be applied for the above a few
To Mr. Thomas A. Edison..,
,5/34/ '15.
days before June 15th and if so Woodward Plant must begin shipment
of Bensol on or about June 5th. Do you feel quite sure that the
Woodward Plant -ill be ready to ship out Bensol on the above men¬
tioned date? If so, do you not thin* that we must have fifty or
one hundred iron-drums ready at Woodward so that we can ship less
than car load lots from time to time in drums? If so, kindly give
us the name of your drum dealer and we will buy them and have them
shipped to Woodward at the earliest opportunity.
Of course, you have contracted with us for 600 gallons per
day of pure Bensol for one year commencing the first day tf the
operation of the Plant which means all together 315,000 gallons.
If you could see your way clear, we wish you would let us make use
of efirliest delivery of pure Benzol to take place of Bensol foi
our Phenol contract and in this way we can save expense of buymtJ
drums .
This matter of the shipment of pure bensol must be arranged
in such a way so that we will have no confusion and we do not
want to fall down in our Pheonl contract with the Japanese Govern¬
ment, owing to our dis-arrangement in regard to the shipment of
Pure Benzol from Woodward to your Plant at Silverlake . ^
If we have to take oare of these shipment, vis., 600 pounds^ (
per day for yourselves and 300,000 for our Phenol contract, we
must make direct arrangements with your men in charge of the Y/ood
ward Plant but, if you think it more convenient to attend to these
shipments yourselves, we will of course be very much obliged to
you for doing so.
To Thomas A. Edison, Esq., Page 3. . 5/34/*15.
The whole point is that we do not want to place ourselves
in a position to he held responsible for delay in delivery of
Phenol, owing to our inability in furnishing you pure Benzol.
In our previous letter, we asked you again if we may buy
spot Benzol at the present high price no that you will have
enough Benzol in time to begin delivery of Phenol from June
loth , and we ask you to be kind enough to let us know about
this point immediately.
Thanking you in advance for your close attention to this
matter and with respect.
Yours very truly.
gtattbg' Snggett
ffllltmirala. @ila anil Mineral f minute
90 John and 11-18 Ci.ur Streets speciai corr“^|^"”a™d A
FOREIGN MARKETS
NEW YOKE 5/24/ie
Mr. ‘i'homas A Edison,
Orange, H.J.
Dear Sir;-
I am pleased to note from your favor of the 20th, you
expect to make test run on Aniline Oil Monday, today, when 1
hope results will he .satisfactory and that from resulting product,
you will commence shipments on account of my orders hy not later
than the middle of this week. ...
Can you offer mr for spot Aash or near future delivery
m o<M*ol or Crloliotj/lf oo. lot ». hov. portiool.r.
as to quantity and prrce~and oblige
Yours very respectfully.
THE NORTHWESTERN IROJT COMB^MT UJ
MILWAUKEE, WIS. 24,
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sample of the first Benzol which we have produced, Jp
It is my request that you advise me as )^y \j\ ^
promptly as you conveniently can, whether the qual-
ity of this Benzol meets with your requirements^ p P U^l
ate with your requirements.^ y v JLF *$£
yours very truly, \ ^ '/
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i.iay 25th.
1915
Hr. Robert Meyer,
Lawrence , Luzerne and Pifth Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bear Sir:
I am in receipt of your favor of
the 21st instant ashing how soon I oan mate
shipment of the two drums of Aniline Oil
ordered hy yon.
Let me say in reply that we had a
preliminary run of the plant yesterday, and
are now engaged in "tuning up". I think that
we shell he able to mate shipment of your two
drums before the middle of June . Yen may de -
pend upon it I will get them off at the ear¬
liest possible moment, as X f&ly appreciate
your necessities.
Yours
very truly,
(I
Toronto Chemical Company, Limited
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Orange, IT. J^Uto W tU^U |
just received, that both Hirzel Stills have been shipped \
to-day.
V/ith reference to Braided Asbestos Packing j
for Iiiroel Still column joints. V/e understand you supplied
this packing for the Sydney Stills, and 'nopo you have supplied
it in our case, as so far sk we have been unahlG 'to get jX
on this side, all the stocks carried being rubberized Stuff.
If you have not sent it, will you kindly do so now, a 4 wire
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May Z 6 th . 1015.
”r. John Bacon, Jr.,
Coke Oven Department,
Camhr ia* 3te el Company,
Johnstown, Pa.
Dear 3ir :
In regard to 0. P. Toluol that you. are making, we are
assuming that you are nutting it into new arums that have teen
thoroughly cleaned. Under our contract vte have to supply Toluol
of very high quality, that would, conform to the Hotel speoifica-
ti ons .
If you have not already teen visited ty an inspector
from Col. Phipps of Bethlehem, Pa. he will oall on you before long
to inspect the pure Toluol. Will you please give him the proper
facilities for 'inspecting it, and let us know what he says about it.
I intended to write you ana ask you to have memorandum of
drums that you have received, that you have shipped and that you
have on full, partially full or empty. 57111 you kindly send
me this at your early convenience.
Tours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
Gentlemens-
We wrote you on the Slat inat . call¬
ing your attention to the fact that you then
owed ua 3 druma PHENOL, and requested that you
kindly telegraph ua what PHENOL we might expect
from you.
Not hearing from you up to yeaterday,
and ae we are now entirely out of PHENOL and
need it badly in our plant, we telegraphed you:
"Laat invoice fifteenth telegraph
what shipments Phenol now enrouto"*
We now have your reply readings
"One drum Phenol was ahipped to you
laat Monday".
A a we have made sales of an article
we manufacture based upon our contract With you
for PHENOL, we are behind in delivery of our or¬
ders , and would kindly urge you to ship us 3
drums additional at onoe, the balance of deliv¬
eries due ua on our oontraot.
We sincerely hope you will give this
request your Immediate attention, and now awaiting
your further advices, we remain.
. MM. .
SOUTH BETHLEHEM, PA.
n.vTB . ISay^ZA.-
FILE HO. T. 6.
Supply for Toluol Contract »B4.
V.'ith reference tc the above nontj onofi contract ,
I bcrr to confirm rny telegram despatched to you today as follows:
"2273 Please cor, muni cute with Hr. Lyddon
iniO Union Bant Building Pittsburgh
reference Toluol."
Uo dotibt you have already communicated with Hr. Lyddon in
regard to the inspection of the Toluol,
’.Vith reference to your letter dated I, lay l<]th,
I have forwarded by separate post a supply of "Contractors
Invoice and Inspection Certificates" which should be taken into
uso by you for all lots of Toluol which are. submitted to me
for inspection. Please arrange to obtain future supplies inde¬
pendently! each consignment should.be invoiced separately.
With reference to the nature of drums to be suppli¬
ed; please obtain similar drums to those mentioned in the extract
from Messrs J. P. Morgan’s letter quoted by you and arrange that
each drum be stencilled os follows: -
"hot T.E.l." indicating your first lot of Toluol,
conseciitive numbers (minimum & maximum) , net weight end gross
weight.
"T" indicating Toluol (instead of the word
•■Toluol" -being embossed as mentioned by J. P. Morgan & Componj
It is also not necessary for the "broad arrow" to be embossed
on the head of the drums.
I suggest that you obtain these drums from tin
Barrett Manufacturing Company.
Yours truly,
U-s-
Hay 27th. 1915.
Mr. J. C. IIoMlllan , Asst. Seo'y.,
Toronto Chemical Company, Limited,
18 Wellington Street Bast,
Toronto, Canada.
Bear Sir-.
1 am in receipt of your favor of the 25th Instant, and
would say in reply that the last Hirzel Still, unlike the Sydney
Stills, had wide and holted flanges, and Bhould he packed in the
usual manner 'with flat sheet asbestos about 1/8" thick, cut to
make a perfeot joint.
Great care should he used in cutting the asbestos rings
and in getting asbestos sheets of even thiokness. After fitting
these rings , they should be cut with tapering laps, as shown in Mr.
Bdison’ a 3ketoh on page one of the yellow sheets herewith, and all
the hole s out in. They should be soaked in freshly made milk of
lime and then rut on the flange. Before the next is put on, a lot
of the lime should be rut in the center df the way around as shown
in Mr. Edison’ b sketohes on the yellow sheets.
Tours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. EdiBon.
Enclosure .
Hay 27th. 1916
BEHZOI RECEIVED FROM JOHNSTOWN Pa. TO DATE
Date Received
Quantify
Pure Crude
300
1300
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VTe received a cable from Pet r~ grad, reading as f ollov.-s :
Attention of "r. '.■. :T-.
Thomas A. Edison, Esc.
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of Private Secretary to Ur. Edison.
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Bear Sir: \ : Attention
Ref erring to my visit of the wWi inst. , at which time,
the Pleasure b£ meeting Mr. Edison personally, I TOuld thanhyou
me have the naies and addresses of the ^C^ganies handling jta ®~ < —
Edison StoraseBetteries for use in automobile^. the ^i^onDictejDhon..
and llso thfnaESe party.Uiom.I understood from KrT^dliST^
terested in th^Pot^ which is now being produced in Spain.
If it be possible, I would thank you to send me introductions
to the parties referred to above. As I intend to sail for Spain on
6th of June your prompt attention to this matter will be greatly app
dated.
I wish to thank both your goodself and Ur. Edison for the
very courteous reception accorded me and awaiting the favor of your
reply, I am,
Yours very truly,
ff/a.
p. 3 I am also very much interested"!* the informationlSTjidison
£ave me regarding the manufacture of Aniline products in this comitry,
Sd would like to have the names and addresses of the factories vhich
are working on this product at present.
\<t4 tM.
Hay
26 th. 1915.
Ur. Opayke.
I hand you herewith letter from
the Bnnnymede Kills Inc., ana oarbon oopy
of otir reply. I send this to you merely
that yon may make a note to have an early
shipment made to these people if possible.
you will please remember, howl
ever, that as soon' as we are ready to ship
some Aniline Oil, you had better consult
me before making actual shipments, as I will
be able to tell you which one of our custo¬
mers will have to have the quickest atten-
WESTEm UNION
day setter.
THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT
O R./\ IM C=» t., N . J ,
16 NY R 38 BLUE
BIRMINGHAM ALA 629 AM MAY 28
TELEpfj0iV£
ORANGE NJ v'
WOODWARD HAVE NOT FINISHED GAS MAIN THEY ARE ALSO INSTALLING
BOOSTER PUMP TO GIVE MORE WATER THEY PROMISE BOTH WILL
BE FINISHED TOMORROW MORNING HAVE CHECK FOR TH0OS-AND MAILED
T0 OPDYKE WILL LAY OFF LOT MORE MEN MONDAY.
• • W H MASON
8 35 AM
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THE UNITED STATES FINISHING COMPANY,
ches FINISHERS OF COTTON PIECE GOODS ,
May 28tl>, 1(
r*~ u— i - r
i very glad to get your letter of May 17th,
, Thomas A. Edison,
My dear Mr. Edison:
and to know that the first shipment of Par anitr aniline would \
hurried along as fast as possible. j
X am wondering if you had as yet arrived at
idea of the probable cost per pound. This information will \
goods oost before we can sell them. I think there is no doubt
that we could take 500 lbB. a week right along, for awhile at least.
Indeed we would like very much to try 25 or 50 lbs, in a practical way
if you can ship it at once or within the next week. You will remember
that all we have tried so far is a laboratory sample. We should be
very glad to hear from you further.
Yours very truly,
The U. S. finishing
31tUtiiimqm>
EUROPEAN F
NEW "YORK.
May 28, 1915.
VA kxci*™* - ^
My dear Mr. Edison;- 1
Your favor of the 25th addressed to me at Scotland
Hock has been forwarded to mo here in New York.
I beg to advise that I did not even suggest the idea
of cancelling the contract; on the contrary, X am anxious for
you to begin shipments as early as possible. X only suggested
that the General Chemical Company were offering goods only at a
sliphly lower basis and did not know that you were aware of the
nature of their contract. I could get you one of their con¬
tracts, if you desire to see same. I made my contract with
you, Mr. Edison, in good faith and expeot to live up to same to
the letter, and please do not think for an instant that I
ever had any other idea. If oil goes to five cents, I shall
still take what I bought from you at the contract price unless
you see fit to meet the competitive pnoe of others.
I am writing you this merely to let you know that
I am aoting entirely in good faith, and you need give yourself
no oonoern whatever regarding same. The pXe asure of meeting
vou in person has been one of tremendous delight to me ever
sinoe I called on you, and had I failed to have made contract,
I still should have felt well paid for my visit to Orange.
Trusting this letter willolear 1
and with best wishes, I am.
i matter thoroughly.
SCOTLAND HECK COTTON MILLS,
President,
1918,
,J. P. MORGAN & COMPANY
EXPUltT DKl’AItTMKNT
XBWYonK. May 28,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, New Jersey.
Bear Sir:*
Confirming my telephone conversation of this morn¬
ing with your Mr. Meadowcroft, in which he Btated that you had
ready for shipment under your oontract with the British Govern¬
ment about three thousand (3000) gallons of Toluol, we request
that any such completed Toluol he stored by you at the expense
of the British Government until Col, Phipps has received the
report from his chemists with respect to the tests of your
product. If you are unable to effect satisfactory arrange¬
ments for Btorage at your plant, please advise us and we will
give you instructions to have the Toluol Bhipped to Hew York,
or other point where storage facilities can be obtained.
If you feel that you are entitled, under your contract,
to payment for the Toluol so Btored in advance of inspection
and acoeptanoe, this might be arranged, subject, of course, to
repayment by you in the event of the Toluol being found vpon
inspection to be not of the required quality.
Ur. Meadoworoft told me that you had experienced
some difficulty in making your product conform exactly to
the Toluol specifications of the British Government, which
were quoted in my letter to you dated Behruary 8, 1915. If
you continue to experience difficulties in this direction,
will you not kindly adviBe me so that I may Bee what can
he done in the way of procuring the consent of the War
Office to such slight modifications of the specifications
as you may desire made.
Yours very truly,
J. P. MORGAN & COMPANY
KXPOllT DEPARTMENT
C. H. Meadowcroft , Esq.,
c/o Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, XT - J -
Dear Sir:
Referring to my conversation v.lth you over the tele¬
phone this morning, X beg to advise you that shortly after talk¬
ing with you I received a telegram from Colonel Phipps, stating
that his inspecting officer had telephoned him that 3,000 galloxis
of toluol were offered for immediate sale, etc. I told Colonel
fhipps that I thought there must he some mistake as the output
of Iir. Edison ' 3 plant had been sold to the British Government,
and he telegraphed late this afternoon that there are apparently
two plants, one at Cambria Steel Company, Johnstown, the other
at Franklin , near Johnstown, and that the former
sale. It appears, however, that the incorrect addresses been
given his inspector and thereby much trouble and confusion has
resulted. I hope that you will advise Colonel Phipps fully in
regard to the location of Hr. Edison's plant so that there will
he no confusion in Ihe future in regard to inspection, etc.
Yours very truly.
XKW York. Hay 28, 1918.
WESTE
NIGH
UNION
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RECEIVED AT Q R A |sj Q El, N . J ,
9 NY GC 4-6 COLLECT NL
BIRMINGHAM ALA MAY 29 1915
THOS A EDISON,
ORANGE Nd
ABSORBING AND RUNNING HIRZELS THIS WORKING OK GAS AND WATER COOLERS
APPARENTLY OK WATER SUPPLY ? WAS INTERRUPTED TWO OR THREE TIMES
DUE TO TROUBLE IN MINE RECKON IT WILL BE FIXED BANISTER HAS. NOT
BEEN HERE SINCE I CAME NOT EXPECTED BACK FOR A WEEK.
W H MASON.
920 AM
(Eolnra, (Ebentirala, ©Ua anil Mineral $rniiurta
99 John and 11-18 Cijfk Streets spbciai. corrrsfonobnto
' NEW YORK
5/29/15
Thomas A. Edison, ESq.
Orange, M .J •
Dear Sir;-
The enclosed telegram received from the Firestone
Tire & Rubber c° • will indicate to you the necessity of
making delivery of some Aniline Oil to them on account of
my order with all possible dispatch.
Can you give me any idea as to when you will be
able to make them a shipment?
Kindly advise and oblige
Yours very respectfully,
SD/HS
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JU3: 1st. 1915.
J»Ck uRC, 4, £sCp., fWs. Rortd ^UosT'ZES,
Carnegie Institute of Technology,
Pittsburgh, ?a. UtHDeNf^'
Gentlemen:
I want to call your attention to the great shortage of
men o siller a "lead Burners". These men line the interior of Iron
ana wooden vats with sheet lead by fusing the edges with a hydro¬
gen flame .
“his art can be taught In less than a month. These men
are very soarce, they work ‘eight hours and charge £7.50 per day,
double for over time. They are very unreliable; do scarcely any
work; are heavy drinkers, ana a great worry to all who employ them.
Should our Country need ammunition suddenly, a large
number of these men would be necessary in the Chemical Industry.
I hope you can see your way to establish a olass of husky young
men ana teach them the art.
Tours very truly.
firo-0^
June 1, 1915
Hr.
Edison:
Please be advised that X was successful at the mooting
of the Southeastern Traffic Association, held at Hot Springs,
Virginia, and effective earliest legal date, a rate of
38 cents per cwt. will bo established on Benzol in tank cars,
Woodward, Alabama to Silver lake. Hew Jersey.
The above rate is a reduction of 28 cents per cwt. and
based on your anticipated output for a period of one year
the minimum saving in freight charges will be £10, 000. This
will be materially increased if you increase your production
at the- Woodward plant.
Returning home from the meeting I stopped off at 'Washing¬
ton and took up with the Interstate Commerce Commission, the
matter of making this rate effective in less than Statutory
Ilotice (30 days). X believe I have impressed the Commission
with the importance of this matter, explaining in detail the
deplorable conditions in^fextile trade, due to their inability
to get aniline oils, and also dwelt on the fact of your contract
to supply the Government with Carbolic Acid.
I believe this rate. will be put in effect during the
current week.
JTR.BB
Copy to Hr. V/ilson
Semet-Solvay Company
RETORT COKE OVENS
Syraouss, HkJ-Y., Juwa- 1, 1J15*
Mr. William H, Ueadoworoft,
C/o Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, W<
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Dear Ur. Meadoworoft:
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Replying to your letter of May 29th, -WwTia vt
not found the method of cooling absorbing oil by paeaing.it direct
through water a suooeae under all oonditione. The method works
better perhaps with petroleum oil than with tar oil, but, even with
petroleum oil it is apt to give serious emulsion troubles unless
the oil is fresh and in good condition. Sometimes these emulsion
troubles are very serious^ forming a liver-like substance whioh
entirely destroys the fluidity of the oil*
Ur, W, E. barter, of the Dominion Iron & Steel Company,
was here to-day, ooll*ot£ng data regarding the operation of benzol
Plante, and we dseoribod to him the iron pipe cooler that we have
generally adopted for oooling our oil. We inferred that Ur. Carter
le to be in charge of the Sydney benzol plant.
Yours vary truly, )-
V.vV *v;7 v
Consulting Engineer.
J
Dominion Iron & Steel Company,
Sydney, Hova Scotia.
Sorry to learn tank oar Benzol destroyed in railroad oollisic
stop rush another oarload quick. Am Badly in need of Benzol.
BDISOH.
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June End . 1915 .
Mr. John Paeon, Jr.,
~'/0 coke Oven Perartment ,
Cambria Steel Company,
Johnstown, Pa.
At Mr. Poison's request 7 have teleere-rhe today
to sena on. oil the pure and 90# Pen sol you oon as we have use
for all we can get.
7 notioe that in your last two letters you asked for
drums. Ml the drum Manufacturers are very busy just now, one
it is pretty hard to get prompt shipment. 7 nave or^red another
oarload of heavier arums from Soaife Si . ons Ox Pittsburgh , <-.nd
they will not he able to ship them to you for twelve days.
In the meantime, we cannot stop. Please reserve all
the new drums you have for pure Toluol .
v?e have at Silver Lake a let of-Senzol drums belongine
to othor >»W»^f?.JL".,Sii*i5.ISSS,aJbStt0»S0^?
T£o*!>le we ?ire going *fco steal them for a sh — — -- -- -
one^hundred. Please note oarefui.ly what ^ You will
receive these one hundred drums in one carload shipment. he
drums will be marked at one end with a diamond. This is to identi¬
fy them vhen they are returned to Silver Take, bo please do not
pain- out the diamond. Yon can use these utrums to ship y- °nr Ben: zol
to Silver hake, but do not keep any of them up their, but return the
whole hundred as fast as yon can fill them with Benzol.
Perhaps you may have forgotten that I naked you to mark
- - and tare in pounds ana also the number of
on the drum, net, -rosB and ta:
gallons contained in the drum.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Bdison.
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(Halnw, (ttljemicals, ($tla an& mineral fniiutrta
Mr . Thomas A
Orange, H.J.
, Edison,
NEW YORK 6/p/1
iau y*x*> ^c' 1v‘ <*\
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i. not altogether i**?*^® — “
h..„ -MW “jrhono Oil “Jje£i2ti”
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which distilation I underst^ you commelcea y
from now on he producing 2,0% pounds oJ more of An^ P-
day and will he able to cogence making shipmeng^. —stone
Ilre * flatter Co. and others, against my orders, the last of .hi.
or the first part of next week. Is -* understanding correct?
Please advise, noting that in order to allay the
anxiety of the Firestone Tire « Rubber Co. and in order that they
„ Z. .hot yet ere doing 1» the octree .1 tilling their order.
1 here emitted to the. for peme.l .»* returh yoer letter
Jesterday. /7 •
'' --» spec t fully.
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June 3rd. 1915.
Butterwo rth <1 Juason;Co. ,
Newark , F . J.
Gentlemen:
Thin te to confirm the arrangement made this day over the
telephone between your ::r. Timken and t-r. T'eadowcroft to the effect
that t will make an exchange with yon of some of my Phenol for some
of your 90$5 Ben sol on the basis of one pound of Phenol for one gal¬
lon of Benzol. 7 therefore confirm this and agree to furnish you
with three thousand (3,000) pounds of my Synthetic Carbolic Aoid for
three thousand (3,000) gallons of your Benzol, 90?* Barrett Standard,
it being understood that T shall deliver thin Pbenol to you within
a few days when my Phenol Plant goes into operation which I expect
will be about the 18th or 20th of this month.
You oan send the Benzol over to me at Silver Take, IT. J.
consigned to Carbolic Bivision, Sdl son Chemioal Forks, Silver bake,
IT. J.
Yours very truly.
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^ The diW of phenol shipped us on May '
. was received some days ago and on testing jtras , , — 1
id ^tfs contain OreBol.
As we thought at the time we could not
the Oresol from the Phenol, and being in
leed of supplies we telegraphed you;
"Shipment Phenol May twenty fourth
contains Oresol must return telegraph
what other shipments enroute".
imptly received your reply:
J "Return drum Phenol if unsatisfactory
"‘ji—ehipped you another drum yesterday dif-
_s— Jioult to get pure Eenzol ".
\ Since then we have conducted some experi-
+ ments in the factory and find that we can recover
about 759? of Phenol by two distillations. We are,
therefore proceeding on this line and will return to
' J you such quantity as wo aro unahlo to soparate.
„ J ° There will, of course, be a slight loss
i * ‘ i -£1h these operations, the details of which we Jill
J ] J j you later, and we trust our action in the matter will
\ ^ ^ meet with your approval.
i T 5 We found the drum shipped May 15th to test
’ 36/39 and we were obliged, therefore, to alBO re¬
distil this drum, and we trust
to you to credit us with the lose^er] re-diBtilling
this drum, the same as the previous shipments, and if
so kindly send us Credit memo covering same.
Messrs. Thomas A. Edison, Ind. 6/3/15 No. 5
Awaiting your advices, we beg to remain.
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WESTER UNION
LTTER
NIGH
GEORGE W. «■ ATKINS. Q =^01^5^
received at O R A NQE, N . J
98 NY H 70 COLLECT NL NL COPY
BIRMINGHAN ALA JUNE5
THE THOS A EDISON INC
.ORANGE NJ
AM GETTING INFORMATION ON GRIDS FOR ABSORBING TOWERS IN THE MEANTIME
THINK IT ADVISABLE AT 'JOHNSTOWN TO SHUT DOWN LONG ENOUGH TO PULL OUT
EXCELSIOR ON HOLT THE TRAYS AND REPLACE WITH ONE THIRD THE AMOUNT
THIS WILL REDUCE TEMPERATURE OF GAS WHICH IS NOW 36 AND NO DOUBT
IMPROVE ABSORPTION LATER WILL INSTALL GRIDS WIRE ME IF YOU APPROVE
AND I WILL ARRANGE TO HAVE IT DONE.
UNION
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THE THOS A EQ I SON INC ORANGE NJ
CANNOT GET ENOUGH WATER FOR COALING AT WOODWARD AND WATER WE GET IS
TWENTY7 F?|VE CENTIGRADE WENT OVER WHOLE SITUATION WITH MR WOODWARD AND
Mk BANNISTER AND THEY WILL MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS WILL KNOW MONDAY WE
ARE MAKING ABOUT TWELVE HUNDRED CRUDE SIXTY FIVE PERCENT DAILY WITH
GAS AT DEGREES AND OIL AT ShaVE HAD A BUNCH OF- TROUBLE WITH
ACID WASHING THE SLUDGE BROOMES AS HARO AS PITCH ONLY WAY WE CAN
DO IT IS TO DRAIN ACID IN FIVE MINUTES AFTER AGITATION IS STOPPED
HOPE TO HAVE TWO THOUSAND GALLONS PURE TO SHIP THURSDAY1 IF SECOND
BADGER DOES NOT LEAK HAD TO TAKE FIRST ONE APART TWICE.
THE UNITED STATES FINISHING COMEANY,
shes FINISHERS OF COTTON PIECE GOODS ,
5th . 1915 •
JL. * u* v* ‘^^4rJL ;
L5r. Thomas A. Edison,
Yo\ir l€(^?v^f4^ne 18 reoeive<i> 1 ™
■be disappointed that aifficnilieshave arisen th_i^vent Jin e
<\CU-r$« Ta U.
livers of Paranitraniline. Even if yoW coiad fcnly lAke dell
£-<> VL* <*«-«• 4
100 lbs. a week instead of 100 lbs^ day as we. talked overl
fltysJOfiA'
help. If yon could make me some estimate of\when yoi
would actually begin it would be of great service to i
? mills are keenly interested in the l
Yours very truly.
The U. S. Finishing
. Agent.
I am writing to inquire when we may expect
our first shipment of Aniline Oil. We are in urgent need
rinrht now, as we are on the last drum, and knowing that
we had a supply that would last us abundantly until after
the first of June, we have made no effort to replace this
Oil, and therefore trust you are ready to begin shipments
at once . We will probably be out by time shipment oould
arrive were it made promptly, and hence the urgency of
quick shipment. We wrote you a letter from New York recently
explaining that our recent letter had been misunderstood
by you, which we trust reeched you safely and was thoroughly
understood. Certainly the one which prompted your repfcy
was not eorreotly interpreted by you. If you knew the writer
more intimately personally you would have known that you had
taken the wrong view. However, this matter haB been explained
and is now ancient history.
Awaiting your Valued favors, ana with best
wishes, I am, Yours truly.
cay, ^ ^ ^
Presia ent.
$Le. aM<>~JudLL
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON
. Thomas A. 3dison,
Orange, Now Jersey.
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yv v vp°*d** M
to tur J
Dear Ur. Edison: ^
X look back with great pleasure to T>ur intorvicj; a sh/rt tim^f
3GO on the subject of the coal-tar chemical industry 6?; o
and I want to thank you most warmly for all ti
g03tions which you Gave me at that time. I'hoy have all b.
pronounced assistance.
It has occurred to
- ^ y
possibly in connection with tVittJfnan^^*^
facturo of aniline and carbolic acid you might plan to extend y^ljf
f forts into other fields connected with the coal-tar prq^pS^ X
avo just learned of tho availability of a very oxperitmcffil Sa iss /
■neraist who is versed in the manufacture of the coal-tar-^irivati^s.
hi
and I talcs pleasure in sending- you a sheet with full <3
expe rience.
It is a matter of considerable importance in tho -Department to
follow closely tho evolution of our domostic dyestuff industry, and
note the oxtont to which it i3 able to oxfjand and meet the threaten¬
ed famine in coal-tar colors.
Could you in this coimection furnish me, in confidence, with
approximate comparative cl
a on tho extent of your output of coal-
, 3imply the total amount in pounds
ar products from time 1
„ _ ..-tail, no Id and oaraphonylenodiamino .
figures fors
exceedingly glad to have the
May, 1915, and
prospectively for July, 1915 •
^cco data will be entirely confidential, and the figures will
be used only for establishing totals, in connection with those fur¬
nished us already by the other firms in this branch. Your cooper¬
ation would bo warmly appreciated.
I was greatly indebted for your very full and exhaustive treat¬
ment in our conversation, of all the factors needed for the success¬
ful growth of the coal-tar chemical industry in our country.
■fhc whole question of the needed protection for the healthful
evolution of the industry is now under active consideration here,
and I am strongly hopeful that means will soon be found to effectual-
ly combat the existing dangers from unscrupulous underselling on the
part of foreign competitors. Your opinions on the subject have been
c^ tod, and have had much weight.
... —v ™ '• *“■
t wishes, I am,
Yours very cordially,
Conmercial Agent.
srai/o
Inclosure 14912.
COMMISSIONKI) 11V TIIK SPANISH CiOVKUNMKNT 'll* DHVHUll* C.OMJ
iiktwkkn Spain and tiik TJnitki. Status ok Amkhica
iT YORK, June 7th, 1915.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange,"
N.
J.
Dear Sir:
" Reference is made to your communication of the
4th inst.
I thank you for the information contained therein
in regard to Aniline, and -would appreciate your advising
should you he able, at some future date, to offer this pro¬
duct for shipment to Spain.
I also wish to thank you most kindly for the auto¬
graph which was enclosed in your communication.
Mv address in Spain is Oalle Juan de Mena #23,
Madrid and immediately upon my arrival I hope to be in a
oosition to send you some data relative to the Potash which
has been discovered in my country.
In closing I wish to express once more my appre¬
ciation of your kindness extended during my visit to Orange,
and for the communications which have been received since
that date.
Yours very truly,
.
June 8> 191&-
UTi <m<-& w4cU*s <-r-
«• A. .Edison, ^ y U-wVt. L<f ^
Orange, Hew Jersey^^ OavaX^v* <**-&• t'*
Edison :- ^ C.^ Ua4|i* ^ ^ ^
I have kept before nejou:
which you gave me come in|or-nat ion regard jjlg the. ^y.jCZ
l^woW, oJrtrvS ©»••*. **~V
ituation, and recalling that you thought you would £
Cl U1 awiwrf U^Cf^*^ v)
ting before 7, lay the lCjfth, X amjhoping that you may
“■• *• “■“■““eu
help me .very greatly just at thiD tlTSj" ^
; up to Mo'ti** ^toPAV^ help . 1
I8 your C(^
poeeible for you to XUuL -
X should also be very much interested just now in
obtaining Ortho Cresol . Are you obtaining an^^tnis in
your coal tar distillates? Ur. King will un*j&fc«nd the
importance of this to us .
Again thanking you for the added favor requested,
:d Cablegram Address, “OBLIGATO**, New York.
^S£T WILLIAM H. SQfilEEL. p — H
Shellac, yj\ T I K
‘3s*"1 LLL
Vamin^u7nd"udffce“rcrs 159 Maiden Lane and 37'Fletetier Street. -
0''' L'"\ ^Sk«. 3C+4 \IJ< suyiGio.
( vu4) i ,-v ry:
hrX^o^y'iidison, Inc.. \ t y I ^
^
>7e have your puroyiose order /hltjlaU dated June 7tn unu
cover In, , one ton of TIT Shellac .1 l!i*f pur pound Vilch order in in eon
firiiu-tion of your telephone advices of June Dth, shipment required to
Orar»i*e, notify hr. el Hoffman. The goods ,«“ent forward yesterday. In
voice is enclosed. You will note thaiyvo made the shipment in W;s,
action you arc i t liberty to deduct from the invoice when rewitt
lade a further l$f discount. vVe huve marked the invoioes^cnord in.:
, is a ooncessiprf'raado in view of our changing the packages as pr
ad from ca L'.iys to hags. We hope tiie shipment will give entire sa .
/Wostitutos for Shellac, inciudin-, our Powdered Red Scheel-lac Gum at
( I? per pound, which by the way is being used in enormous quantities u-
broad in the production of Picric Acid? Renovate Spirit Copal Seeds an<
\ Chips at 11-llisf per pound.
X Please note that we still carry a quantity of Sandal’ac
order in warehouse. V/e assume that this hadnot been overlooked.
your 3 truxy,
ESTABLISHED
LUNHAM & MOORE
EXPORT FREIGHT B
FAST FREIGHT FOR EXPORT SHIPMENTS
PRODUCE EXCHANGE
New York, _
COITFXgEHTLAX BUSINESS
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ^
QsmK&t m -J* U;';' vO
Geratl ernen-
« ?- T1? KXTi.f tST
d™sions of cach drum and the Kross weight.
As we understand you f;e®t0^eeaSonKside'the
City, we nr e suae that you mean to delive. i
steamer.
Wi. ,r,rs* sx^l,
afpossihle. and we would ask you to keep in touch with us.
Yours very truly,
, per pro imh^&^OOKE
LONDON OFFICE. 3 GREAT SAINT HELENS.
GRAIN HANDLING BRANCH - BUFFALO, N. Y.
jhp/r
E. H. B.Weatherall
'•June 0, 1315 •
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange , IT. J .
Pear Sir:
Acting upon your authority X aw today
sending to Thomas A. Edison, I.td. 25 Clorkonwell Road,
London, B. C. the following cable:
"Edi songran, London .
Cable ore sent status carbolic con¬
tracts numbers 6776 and 7425 with Gas
and Coke Company. Y/iil they deliver
me London for shipment french Govern¬
ment back quantities due and balance
as per contracts. Have them confirm
immediately by cable to me direct.
Thomas A. Edison."
On receipt of reply to this cable, kindly
inform me and I will at once come to Orange with a view
of closing a firm contract along the lines we yesterday
I have already arranged the bank credits
and the government guarantees subject to confirmation
by your London Company and the Gas and Coke Company of
your ability, to deliver.
Yours very truly,
EH3Y//JG,
June 9th.
1915.
Hr. fhoras V.. Ilorton, Commeroial Agent,
Department of Commerce,
"Bureau of foreign and Domestic Commerce,
Washington, D. C.
Dear ctr:
1 am in receipt of your favor of
the 7th instant, which has been read with a
good deal of interest.
I shall he very glad to send you the
data you ash for from time to time. We are
at this time making about 4,000 pounds of Phenol
and about 2500 pounds of Aniline Oil daily. We
are also making just now about /-0 pounds of Para-
phenylenediamine a day.
Yours very truly.
<jDav, ^
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\ O ^ y..__S^Mr/Z . June 9th, - /?/5^
Attention of *r>TH'; lieado.croft .
Thomas A. Edison, Beg., 0,1 ^ ^
Orange, Hew Jersey. ~j-^ ij\'Jk\
Orange, New Jersey. ^ /*Jp* ~
*e beg to confirm
Plants, which you confidentially ’
p.timet.d Conatruotion Co.^o data of June
— ligKna Material ... .840,605.83 - 450tpou»d..
f1”01 Pi:Sfe and Material .... 63,064.84 - 6500 pop»/»
Sf^rd^ggffel^tria! .... 55,651.30 <£. - 1
„. .1.0 bee to oonflrm your proportion to tt. effeot that
you asre« to Slr. «. per.ia.lo. to build either an UVim*™ ”
Phenol Pant .ith your prooe.a, in lapanon^naideratlon that -0
pay a. royalty 5* of the a.ll.ns P*« •' »T* Pr°4“'’
plant, for ten year. county fro. the flra. day of operation.
Mr Ko«uro, .ho erpaote to le.re here for Japan at
of thl. „ont;, i. 6oi«S to tale bach .l.h him your proportion toe..er
.ith information .blob ia — «1 far - «> - « °£ ***
^'product, and .e hereby bag you to hindly fumi.h «= «»»
following information and figures.
To Thomas A. Edison, Page 3 . 6/9/ '18.
day and
day and
Ho .1... Aniline Plant with capacity of 4500 pounds per
otal cost of construction at $40,605.33.
». tt.t part Of S^thiflf
will he the amount necessary for the purchase o
. i. ■»«»« f=o
*• E3HbTo^r4«M St's
e C -aft price of ni trio-acid of
' gJt*2S3rSf,SSLrio .old 1. rewired!
6- 2iS£,,toI^£o5°«0OfpS«rS pure^atiillne oil!
4500 pounds per^day? £_£££, »»- r
fcrS-FM ^rSTsIWe?00 E0un4' p“
total cost of construction at $63,064.84.
- KrT„i^j»c- ;f£Eu
will he the amount necessary for the purchase
o. S£t1,ITo?“Slo-aold 1= »eoe..a«y for thl.
!' l“t1f?”rSSlESrS ^S^SSSUld of
6500 pounds per day? C &y Ui*» , ^ ^ ^ w> «
^ -6 **• J
To Thomas i. Edison, page 3 . e/9/'ls.
In the oaee ol Phenol, of oour.e .e understand that yon
get 4.6 pon.de from on. gallon of pare Benaol b, yonr pre.e.t prooee.
1. operation and 6 pound, fro. on. gallon of Benaol by the ne. pro¬
oee. for .hloh yon bay. abont flnl.hod yonr Plant.
Pith all the ah... infor-ation In onr hand., together pith
your royalty of 5* of ..m.g prloe for ten year., ~ .an figure out
approximately ho. muoh .. ... -she by building the plantiin Japan
Therefore. .= tm.t that yon .ill be hind enough to furni.h u. .1th
thle information «hloh .e a.eur. yon to heap .triotly to ourselres.
Pe .1.0 understand that the ooneideration of =4 of .elllng
price for ten year, include, the actual instruction of onr o» engin¬
eer. in regard to the conduction of th. PlantSand al.o the .orbing,
of your prooesae-S,
P. tab. this opportunity to tbanh you for your hind.... In
receiving Mr. Komura, and with regards.
Yours very truly ,
ST/LM
Dear Mr. Edison: -
«le are only getting about 1800 gallons Benzol daily
and taking into account the car replacing that which was
destroyed you will he getting ail we can spare in June.
It is extremely disappointing and although we have an exoellent
and experienced outside man at Sydney to advise with our people
they do not seem to make rapid headway. I have been trying to
get a line on the situation, and will advise you as soon as
I hear from them.
We are not hoarding any Benzol,- I wiBh we had it
to hoard. The additional Badger still when it comes, will help
us; we cannot muoh increase our C.P. Benzol, even with better
absorption, until we get that.
I expect to wire you tomorrow about increasing your
shipments. I should be glad to help the situation in that way
as far as we can; but a contract for material E.O.B. Mew Jersey
pointed serious disadvantages; we do not know what we can re¬
cover for stuff lost in transit.
Yours very truly.
President
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, H. J.
Juce 10th. 1915.
Mr. T/ ill lorn H. Soheel,
159 Maiden Lane,
Few York City.
Lear Sir:
1 am in receipt of your favor of the
8th instant, and would he glad if you will kind¬
ly send me samples 'of your substitute for Shellac,
including your Powdered Led Scheel-lao Gum and
P.e novate Spirit Copal Seeds and Chips. Will you
kindly address these to my Assistant, Mr. \7. E.
Meadow-croft, so that they will he brought *6 my
attention immediately.
T have not overlooked the foot that yon
are still carrying a quantity of Sandarao on my
order in your warehouse. Shank you, however, for
the reminder.
Yours very truly,
June 11th . 1915 .
Ur. Andrew 0. Iiribrie , Purchasing Agent,
' Phe Unite a states finishing Company,
320 Broadway ,
Sew Yoifc City.
ay dear !'r. Tmhrie:
I an In recei pt of your favor of the 5th In¬
stant, and would say in reply that r have put all my efforts on
Oarholtc Acid, Aniline Oil ana Pararhenylenc A i amine , and have only
just succeeded in getting ny Aniline Plant running. It is getting
more ana more difficult to get work done , as all *6 f'hors are filled
with orders on account of the war. I would like very much to he
able to give you some sort of estimate as to when I think deliveries
will begin, but I am s imply unable to do so at this time . As soon
as my Aniline Plant gets running steadily, which I think will be in
the near future, I will, be able to plan more definitely.
Yours very truly.
THE SEVDEL MFG. CO.
. MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS
86-100 FORREST STREET
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
June 11th, 1915.
Mr, Thomas A. Edison, Vr-\ W
Orange, New Jersey. curmf
iipt
Dear 5ir:-
I heg to acknowledge
9th and shall be pleased to
,r favon. of the
r'A<Jti oJrQis.
iat price you propop*
3 S' £a*vJ& un- u w-o-A-- fv^.
offer Aniline Oil for the year 1916 and I trust that you
CtAVvXi-^C OwAI rtltf&G W h'.fjmr'
will take into consideration iK prtce
General Chemical Company, : so af^^o^nable (idxDale rjt handling,
your product to retain the favorable opinion the tr&de-.has
of him. I also hope that your answer will not be d^ayed
too long as I have some friends that could be indifcygd^o make
their purchase elsewhere if I am not in a position to give them
a decided answer in the near future.
I also note that you will send me a sample of Mtrobenzo:
for which I thank you in advance.
With kind regards I remain,
Very truly yours,
All th. mills in thl, “”u;“fevrS«°65S'ps,=S?
etc., have closed down, ®xc*p* 1 _ their living. We are
who are absolutely dependent on us £°nc*ht*e European war began,
running and h&ve been runninfe v r° We have not closed
&*£3>3 0 &«r.sjs a"-
t/g« It m th. .P.n »rUt irreapec-
tive of price. very truly,
V/3H/G
RUNHYHEDE HILLS, INC.
,y
June 12th . 1915 .
Mr, McDermott:
I have shown Mr. Edison the daily
Benzol report and he Is quite well pleased with
it. There is only one change to male, and that is
instead of using the word Crude say 9C $. The rea¬
son is that we may he obliged to get some crude in
some time, and then we would he confused. Please
mkke this change in your future reports .
I hope you will he able to send me
the corrected reports about the exchange transac¬
tions with the American Oil and Supply Company with¬
in the next few days.
w. H. MEAD0WCB0F5.
Wk^JrfUjy
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June IS, 1915-
m9 have your esteemed favor of the
and note you oannot make any tetter
_ _ i _ -Koovi aonrHnrr Un. because
?9th Inst., and note ' you oannot make any tettei
. j -Jphenol than you have been sending us, because
5 Itof your inability to obtain sufficiently pure
<*> JTiehzol.
ifi 4
3 3 js Now, as your shipments did not meet
_£ 4 0 | * ^these requirements we called your attention to
Jl . 3 . saving we would have to re-distil it . Yo
r *i~r ^ Wnnmnt.Tv instructed us to do this and to chargi
In your letter of February 3rd you
nquirsa now much per day of Phenol (k.P.
„1 white crystals) can you get along with, and
\j in* your* letter to L of Lrch 12th - after con¬
tract was made - you advised that the L.P.
3'y’henol you would send us is about 40-41 •
> '•same , saying
l ^promptly instructed
4 Snau with oosts, and
lave to re-cij.»i>j.j. j.». You
to do this and to charge
with oosts, and on April 22nd you advised that
rou would soon have your va°uu?. stlJ10?:?1°perat
tnd there would then be no further trouble .
We do not expect the impossible, nor
l ? will we ask anything unreasonable.particularly
> 1 ^ times such as are now prevailing. We Kept you
■T3 iS0asewe°presmerJouyw?shede to* ^°&or£|,“"4
Ti hy re-d^?iUing°we1LtSr^iySthought you would
"3" be able to do likewise when your vaouum Btill was
in operation.
We cannot for a minute think of trying
to exchange the Phenol you ship UB/°Li?abla aa
<yP a hieher M.P., even if such were available , as
we are^constant ly waiting for supplies tcputinto
mornifacturs for a medioinal product, and quantities
Messrs. Thomas A. Edison, Ino« 6/12/15 No. 2.
for which v/e have contracted for, for delivery
based on the deliveries of Phenol from you ao-
oording to contraot, and our oontraots oover
praotioally the period of our contraot with you.
We intended going into the manufacture
of Phenol ourselves, having a fair lUMJfcity of
Benzol to start with - as we wrote you in January
last - but as you generously offered to supply
us with a part of your output at a reasonable pric©
under existing conditions, we discontinued further
work, and depended on you for the quantities you
agreed to ship us.
We simply mention the foregoing facts
in confirmation of our statement, that we i are not
disposed to be unreasonable and we believe that our
reports of the quality of the different shipments
is what you desired. /
You now say that you shall not pay any L.
overcharges for re-distilling. We do not propose to
insist on this,- but in view of what ia stated in the
foregoing, do you not think it would be fair to
ritand these colts, or to supply us with Phenol of
a M.P. 40-41°?
What we are most concerned now about is
shipments from you, as the department in which we
use the Phenol is now shut down, as we previously
wrote you, because of insufficient supplies.
We are enclosing herewith our check for
§529.20, covering the amount of your invoice of
the 2nd inst.
We would be pleased to have a further line
from you on the subject , and beg to remain,
p q since writing the above the superintendent has
but it contains Creed. We must therefore treat this
kessrs . Thomas A. Edison, Ino. 6/12/15
Ho* 3.
drum the same as we did the drum previously, and
try to recover all the Phenol that we can from this
drum, as we are hadly in need of supplies . We
trust this will he in accordance with your wishes.
“OULIQATO",
YS‘Frcd «**«'
Vai]nish Gums,
WILLIAM H. SCHEEL,
/V\ERCHANT,
^ Driers,
Chemicals, and
Supplies for
Vart^ u?„r “rs 1 59 Maiden Lane and 37 Fletcher Street.
June 12th, 1915.
Mr. Thomas .h. Kdison,
Orange , if. J.
Dear Sir:-
ye have your es teemed favor of the lotti inst. , in hnna
today ,.n.i have very carefully noted your advices. VJe will he pleased
to submit promptly samples of Powdered Red Scheel-lac Gum, which comes
packed in bn^n of 160/170 pounds at 7*T per pound. Renovate Spirit Copal
Seeds, PKL, in bags of 168 pounds at 11 & per pound and Chips I..CK, in
btt-s of 168 pounds at lly^ per pound, ton lots of each at 11^ per lu.
These samples will be marked for trie attention of your Mr. II.
Meadov/croft and should be in your possession on Monday. We hope that
you will find the Gums of very particular interest.
7/e desire to call your attention a^ain to the fact that
particularly in Germany Red Gum has been used in very liberal nun uti ties,
Picric acid v.e understand bcin:. extracted. Wo hope for a generous sup¬
port.
Yours truly.
loir. ,
itunnyr.ede rills, Tnc.,
garb or o, V. 0.
Gentlemen:
T receive a your favor of the 11th instant,
aoft .mite arpreci ate your condition in regard to' Ani¬
line Oil. I, too. have teen having ny own troubles
with imperfect mechanism and the difficulty of get¬
ting machinery and apparatus in time .
YCu will he ^lad t o leam that i have been
able to ship you a full drum of Aniline Oil today. V.'e
are going to send it the uiokest -way, that is to say.
by express to Pew York and then by Old Dominion Steamer
to Norfolk and so on to you. I trust that it will come
through promptly.
Yours very truly.
June 14 th, 1915.
Hr, I'oDermott:
Enclosed T hnna you hill of
lading of Chicago,’ rilTOtCsee ■& Ota^Paul R.H.
Company showing shipmentsof SO arm® of Hen-
sol o'-irped to ub on June 3rd. Attache 0 to
thin you will find a memorandum : 'hewing the
drum numbers and ~G lights .
V'hen this Hensol is received
it ohonld he tested by Tir. Zamnerhoff at once .
Tt has been sold to us as jure Bensffll, ana if
yre have any complaint to maite it should he made
•-•ithin five day; after receipt of the henaol.
T will , therefore , send a carbon copy of this
memorandum to ,'r. xamerhoff .
■hen you receive the Bensol, please
also notify xr. K. /. 3 tiller here at the Laboratory
so tii at lie can ahecl eh tl’.e bill.
Yours very truly,
C. C. to ;:r. Kammerhof.
-June 14 th. 1915.
i'r. John Bacon, Jr.,
# Coke Oven Department,
Cambria Steel Company,
Johnstown, Pa.
Pear Sir:
j'r. Sdison is very much disturb eel on reading your reports
to see that yon do not work the Ho. 2 Badger to itr. utmost capacity.
Por instanoe, on June 12th you only made Sop gallons of Toluol and
80 gallons of Solvent naphtha. The Ho. 2 Badger Still has a capacity
of 1600 gallons a day even at a alow rate of distillation.
Our little Badger Still at Silver hake has a capacity of
500 gallons a day, and it will make that quantity every day right
along .
IVe need all the products from Johnstown hadly, and he is
very anxious to see you run the Ho. 2 Badger to its full capacity.
Of course, he does not want you to run it fast, hut even at a slow
distillation rate it should do nearly 1600 gallons a day.
Yours veiy truly ,
Assistant to Hr. Edison.
June 14 th. 1915.
Hr. Hiller:
Will you please send Hr. Hutchison
a duplicate copy of oiir Mil against Picatinny
for the 5,417 pounds of Carbolic shipped them
on Hay 29th. I think you had better send these
papers to Hr. Hutchison with it. He will attend
to getting the money quickly.
W. TT. ITJADO'.VCP.OPT .
Cambria Steel Company
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
Philadelphia June 14, 1915.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
West Orange, H. J.
Dear Sir: MARCH & APRIL ACCOUNTS, §29, 68 S'. 6?
LESS CREDITS. _ 10. 179.
We would much appreciate check in settlement of
balance of our account indicated above on or before 19th inst.
on which date we have heavy payments to make. Thanking you
in advance for some,
Yours very truly,
Vice President,
^ne 14 » '1915*
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lir. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, Hew Jersey.
Dear Ur. Edison:
I am in receipt of your letter of June the 10th
and X am again obliged to you for the information it contains.
I realize, of course, that the 'pinch for Benzol products is
just at this moment, and that later things must become easier.
The requirements here at Wood are not very heavy, perhaps
about 1000 p o unds^ per^day at the maximum, but our need is
very urgent just now and if 1 could at the end of two weeks
secure a small drum per day. until a few tons have been obtained,
it would be a great relief.
I have no doubt that your work is progressing satis¬
factorily as it usually does and that your output of Aniline
Oil will very soon be more than you need.
At Haywood, we are all hoping very soon to learn of
the development of the storage battery to the extent at least
that you will be able to restore the consumption to what it
was last year, to be followed before very long with orders
which will press ue to fill.
I am dropping a note to Mr. Aylsworth and also to
the Barrett Manufacturing Company along the line of your
suggestion for Ortho-Cresol and 1 hope^T^.ve favorable results
vm+Vi vindest recarde, 1-fflSC? /
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JuiH
15 th. 1915.
Ur. "-'ill ism F.. Soheel,
'159 r.aiden i.ane,
new York City.
Dear Pir:
- Dave received your note of yester¬
day ao’-no-^r dging receipt of order for one bag
of Pondered Fed Poheel-lao Gum, and have read
your comments wi th much interest.
Det me say in reply that I know about
this condensation product and am eivare that it is
impossible to get a sure supply continuously at
this time . T. will, experiment with it until the
war is over, and then 1 will be sure of a regular
supply.
Yours very truly.
June 16th. 1916.
X.unham 5: Moore,
Pro Alice Exchange,
Mew Yolk City.
Gentleme n:
Your favor of the 8th instant was reoeived and handed to
Mr. Edison. Please let us draw your attention to the fact, in the
first place, that this Toluol contract is with Mr. Edison person¬
ally and not with our Company.
Cur Bens ol Plant , whe re the Toluol is trade, is at Johns¬
town, Pa., and they not/ have on hand ready for shipment twenty-seven
(?.7) drums of Toluol, We have given them instructions hy nail to¬
day to make shipment, consigning the same to you , so you will prob¬
ably receive these 27 drums within a week or ten days. The outside
dimensions of each drum is approximately 29" hy 45". Winn we re¬
ceive our shipping list from Johnstown, we will 3 end you a li3t show¬
ing th" gross Y/eight of each drum.
Our oontraot is T. 0. B. Hew York, hut we did uot agree to
deliver free alongside the steamer. Our agreement was to Bring goods
to Hew York, and the consignee was to take oare of the rest.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
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Itr. Miller:
W-v v ‘ AA' \Oi"' in accordance with my telephone conversa-
\\\ vt^v fV/P“
^ t ion with yon."' this afternoon, I want to confirm what
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I then told yo\i, namely, that Mr. Edison says to send
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1 ’j X . all Benzol to Carbolic Division of Thomas A. Edison,
f Inc., Silver I. alee , and let them act as a depot for Ben¬
zol’. Yfill yon please, therefore, hill to Thomas A.
Edison, Inc., Carbolic Division the Mayville Benzol,
also the Sydney and any other Benzol that we buy, bill-
ins it at the same price that we pay, plus freight.
When any Benzol is to be used by either Carbolic Plant
#1 or #2 or the Aniline Plant, the Incorporated will
bill out the Benzol at the same price at which it has
been billed to them „ac iodine to the make of Benzol
they deliver; . •* s
V7. H. MEADOTCROFT .
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THE SEYDEL MFG. CO.
MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS j
86-100 FORREST STREET i
( y^ j
June 15th, 1915.
' Mr. Meddowcroft: ■
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311 to be delivered during 1916 wijth -the v$ L.
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twelve tons oi «nu™ «HUu! Z~ 7«
proviso that if Mr. Edison madejf^j^10-#Tlt b®
„M„g,a to this
**« *»» *»“la U1“ *°
I also have a request fronrtthe Anniston Knitting Mills Cajtfpany
et-» Wajslu 4n-»w* v*-*
o, Annis.ton, Ai,h,„, hut J “g
Ssing herewith letter from the
would like jrqu to return at your ear
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I would also like that you a^vi
.ett^rtk ^r^ieTf^
atyour early convenience. SI
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[ thank you in advance and ^emain^-gg
you advise me wnaT. you can uu i»r U“°‘V
<Jt Jfe, «** 3*
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Very .truly .yours
-**^T J*'* "v
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kago-Kenosho Hosiery Company!
MANUFACTURERS OF SEAMLESS AND FULL \
FASHIONED HOSIERY. — FULLY WARRANTED.
LARGEST EXCLUSIVE HOSIERY MILLS
SELLIN G DIRECT TO THE TRADE IN AMERICA
KEnosHR,UJis.,U.S.fl.
June 15, 1915
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We have been informed that you r*Lj-tAV»*^i VWw..M'&
ire now making Aniline in large quantities , ^ ' \ ,
ina inasmuch as we are large ohom^eal users , ^w^^tl*****
re shall appreciate full information that \ I
rill enable us to place a -contract coverings. ^
lur requirements fora year. •' -
What are your prices and terms A M J _
of contract? t.r }(e^
TO ejuiDU To4°
Our requirementsare from 75,000j)= W«r»»- v, , A
to 100,000# of Aniline Salt annually, but j Ct$> -Y-**^*
from the information we have at hand, we I L
do not understand whether you a re making the^t SedL-f <?» J'T y
Aniline Salt or Oil. | ' /
Please advise us by return mail. S
Yours very truly,
OHIOAtSO^NOSHA HOSIEEY CO'.
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June 1
Edison Chemical orks ,
Aniline Plant,
Silver l ake , H. J.
Gentle men:
pie ape pans* 'r . V’. P . ' hoe and . r.
ronklins, representatives of the
One an Accident and "uarantee Corporation,
limited, or l.pn^n, Pn-tond, rho v,- ish to MM
an inspection of the plant In connection with
Employers* liability Insurance.
Yours veiy truly.
Dominion Steel Cob.pora.tion, Limited
Proaidont'a Offiao
Toronto
Jane 16th, 1916
Dear Mr. Edison: -
The delay in getting reasonable returns from the benzol
plant is causing us a good deal of loss. Every effort is being
made and we have had the advantage of a viBit from an expert from
the Dupont Powder Company. The only remedy, however, is to remove
the cause of the t rouble , which is, in short, insufficient equipment
and that will take time.
I have received a report from our chief chemist which
covers the matter very fully^and I enclose copy for your information.
If you could find time to read it and would give me your comments
on it, I should esteem it a favour. Evidently the available data
on absorption and distillation have been extremely defective.
It is fortunate that we did not make contracts for a larg¬
er. part of the expected production. We did not go very far in that
direction, but apparently for a while will have little to spare
after covering these contracts. We are offered a year's contract
at 80 cents E.O.B. Sydney, but perhaps when we are ready prices will
be even stronger. There is every appearance of it now.
Our daily product of C. P. benzol haB averaged this month
so far not more than 600 Imperial gallons dally, and the greater
part of our shipments have been made to you. This 1b due to the
fact that we have had to devote the Badger stills chiefly to the
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
finishing of the toluol, which is the most pressing need, and to
accumulate henzol. We hope to have a large additional Badger
still at work shortly.
I expect to he in Hew York on Friday and if possible
will call on you.
Yours very truly.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, H. J.
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COPY
DOMINION IRON & STEEE COMPANTi LIMITED
June 10th, 1916
Mr. 0. 3. Martin,
General Superintendent
Dear Sir: -
In accordance with your request I hereby submit a statement
of my present opinion with regard to Benzol and Toluol recovery from
our gas.
Por the past two weeks or more the laboratory Dept, has
been ihaking tests to determine what rate of flow of oil was neces¬
sary on the absorption towers and what temperature was needed in the
absorbing oil to ensure a satisfactory degree of recovery. It was
assumed that 95% recovery should be aimed at. Our experimental
scrubbing apparatus was set up at #2 Condensing house and various
tests made on the raw gas before going to the large absorption tow¬
ers. In the experimental scrubbers, absorbing oil was supplied in
definite quantities for cubio feet of gas treated, and temperatures
were .regulated throughout the tests. In serieB with the experimen¬
tal scrubbers were several additional scrubbers charged with fresh
absorbing oil in abundant quantity to reoover any Benzol or Toluol
that was not caught under the conditions of the teBt in the experi¬
mental sorubbers.
The rate at which oil was supplied in the testB per ou.
ft. of gas treated was calculated out to its equivalent rate of
flow in Imperial; Gallons per minute on the absorbing towers of the
#2 Coke Oven PJ.ant which is coking about 860 to 900 tons per 24
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- 2 -
hours, The results are given below in tabular form:
I cat,.
No.
Oil supplied eouiv'ljo
Gal’s per Gal’s oil
minute on per ton
absorbing Goal
Towers
Temp of
oil
F.
'jh recovery
Benzol &
Toluol
combined
Quality of
oil used in
test
128
65-68
94
1 Old
Oil as
in
the system
2.
40
64
"
79
do
5.
60
96
"
86
do
4.
80
128
80-85
82
do
5.
40
64 80
3rd.scrl
63
do
75
2nd "
70
1st "
6.
40
64
65-68
83
, Fre
ish oil
i before. -
The reasons for choosing the above conditions in the
test will appear below.
The amount of oil that can be circulated through our
absorption towers at the present time is limited by the different
parts of the circulating system.
1. The pumps which deliver oil to the top of the absor¬
bers have a eapaoity of only about 50 gallons per minute when work¬
ing at maximum speed.
2. The eapaoity for cooling the hot effluent or spent
oil from the Hirzel stills is limited, not being nearly sufficient
to oool the oil from the four Hlrzels now that the hot summer dayB
have raised the temperature nf. Grand lake water to about 68 degrees
Fahr1 delivered at the plant. The oil should be sent to the towers
at less than 70 degrees Fahr". Instead of that it has been return-
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i„B eo to as dagr,.. for • *>ns «« >»*• *“18 tt8 'el,,h"
... cool or col« ana the gas entering th. to»». — •»"» « 60
degreeB ». th. oil temper...,. ...la ar.p on th. way through the
throe toners. Suturing the flr.t on. at 80 It night go to th.
second at IS and th. third at TO or .ran lesa. since the hot wea¬
ther ha. begun, th. oil in.ta.a of cooling m th. tower, rather
heatB up a tew degrees more,
3 the amount ot enriched oil that can he paced through
. gir eel atlll P«r minnt. 1. Umltad. At Sdlaon's Plant the figure,
gathered by hr. Otar Indla.t. that each .till 1. tatting • fed at
Id to 18 gallons ,.r minute, the four Hired. her. are averaging 80
gallon. ..oh, or 80 gallon. 1. all. -Mob might PClbW he .lightly
Increased. Hr. Luca. 1. m, authority for th, latte, «.««-»»• »
ahould he r.me.hered that thin 80 gdlon. per minute 1. all the oil
available lor olr.nl.tlon not only on the number two tear, hut on th,
number on. .id. a. -H, ~ "1“t* 0,0 “,lr*
1850 ton. coal being ooh.d, whl.h 1. at the rate of 74 gallon* f*
ton of coal .
A liberal e.tlmat. of th. average amount of oil pacing
the #8 did. 8on.bb.ra par mlnut. 1. 40 gallon.. Th.re have often
been time, -hen the amen. — -oh la- ««■ •»
of oil available and with good .team, pr.a.ure th. pump. «m »»*
daliv.r more than 50 gallon., - «*!.« than worhing barter then
they should.
Before the' warm weather o.m. th. oondltion. at the #8
sorubbar. were often .l.llar to th... of test Ho. 5 in th. above.
Some times the temperature!
B better than t'hoBe give:
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sa,e .hen .11 .eat t. the te.er. et 70 Jegr.e. I. B»
„,U then reeeoble the. In t.rt #«. tee. *6 1. U.ntleel .«*
#E except th.t freeh ell ... «... l™t~« « the oil «al ••~rt*t
thlehene. oil. .he Ire.h .11 go~ « «*>«•>» °* «* ”> f"
the old oil.
Test #1 represents double the flow of oil and at a good
temperature. Ibis we gives a very satisfaotory result, the
recovery being 94*. She same flow 00 gallons per minute in test
#4 at a very poor temperature, 00-85 Fahr. gave 83* recovery.
An intermediate rate of flow 60 gallons per minute in test
#3, at a good temperature gave a recovery of 86*. The increased re¬
covery with increased flow of the same kind of oil and at the same
temperature is as follows}
Bate of flow * recovery
gal«s per minute
40 79
60 86
80 94
The results of the experimental scrubbing seem to agree
ol.eely with «» t«t. .« the (M alter pa»M the
large absorption towers, comparing similar conditions.
A test was next rade on the large towers on #2 side in
which it was endeavored to pass the maximum quantity of oil that the
pumps would handle, leaving the #1- side short of oil if necessary.
It was found impossible to get- more than about 120 revolutions, or
double strokes, on the^first oil pump at the towers. This meant a
flow of probably nft over '60 gallons per jninute. The coolers were
inadequate to' retail this 'amount at a proper.' temperature. The oil
left the coolers at about 80 *ahr. and before getting through the
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three towers had heated another two degrees. The results show the
recovery of 73% under these conditions which is about what would
he expected from the experiments, tests.
The conclusions reached as a result of these and other tests
are as follows:
X. j?or 95% recovery of Benzol and Toluol oil should he
supplied to the towers at a rate of 126 gallons per ton of coal, or
at practically 200,000 gallons per 24 hrs. on our present coke pro¬
duction, or at rate of approx* 140 gallons per minute. If another
Blast Furnace is put on and the coal coked per day amounts to 2000
tons, the oil to he circulated would amount to 266,000 gallons per
24 hours, or 180 gal's per minute.. The 140 gallons per minute re¬
quired for our present production means 6 Hirzels at an average feed
per minute per still of 23 l/s gallons instead of the 20 gallons as
now. For the increased coke production 7 Hirzels at an average feed
of 26 gallons, or 8 at an average of 22* per still per minute would
he required, or their equivalent.
2. This increased flow of oil will also demand a larger
ana more efficient cooling equipment. It is only hy keeping the oil
at 70 degrees Fahr. or less that the results will he obtained. If
an even lower temperature could he secured no doubt a smaller flow
of oil would suffice. It is evident that later in the Summer the
Grand lake water will he 70 degrees Fahr. or higher. It will he
neoessary to resort to artificial cooling with an amonia refriger¬
ator system. In times of normal- prices for Benzol and Toluol it
would probably he decided to accept the later yield under Summer
weather conditions rather than install an expensive cooling system.
At present prices however such an installation would pay for itself*
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
in a short time.
3. In order to ciroulate the larger volume of oil
new pumps will be required at eaoh set of towers and a separate
pump for the return oil to eaoh Bide.
4. Pacts seem to he that to recover 70 to 75# of the
Benzol and Toluol is comparatively easy and demandB a relatively
small volume of oil in the scrubbers. Ibis small volume will tahe
up about 2.15# of its own volume of Benzol and Toluol. Adding
the Naptha, Uapthalene, and the Wash oil which distills over with
the Benzol fromthe Hirzel -stills this would correspond, t o 3.00#
absorption, or 3# of crude benzol from the wash oil.
To recover an additional 20 to 25# up to 95# of the total
content in the gas requires however a disproportionately large vol¬
ume of oil so thatthe percentage of benzol and toluol containedin
the enriched oil is only 1.28# of its volume. That such should be
the case is only natural as the removal of the last traces of im¬
purity usually requires a great excess of reagent. It is a question
of equilibrium between oil and gas. The published statement as to
the percentage of absorption obtained in the wash oil appear to be
very much exaggerated. So- far as can be seen at present the only
escape from the above conclusions as to the needs of the plant would
he the securing of a wash oil which would absorb benxol and toluol
more vigorously than our' present oil and tahe up a larger percentage
A five gallon can of the same oil as used by the Edison Plant at
Johnstown is being obtained and.similar tests to those given in the
table will *e made on ibis', oil." It is, not at all lively however,
that any 'different 'limit util be 'found. •.
il addttiontt’t should be stated that from the results, so.;
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far obtained in th, l.rg. »al. la th. ai.art.r. rnd .till. It
appears ta Pa a last that the a.oaat of tola.1 la the 6*.
„l.t .red. th. .36 8.1'= arlglaally ..tlmt.d mil. th. a.oaat of
Benzol fall, short .» .Cl a.oaat of th. 1. 3d S*U»»
th. total of th. Wo 1.76 gall on. p.r toa ..... oorr.ot. It -a.
considered e.e.atl.l at th. tla. of th. t.at not to err ty o,.r-
estimating the toluol.
Yours very truly,
Chief Chemist
June 17th. 1915.
I'r. McDermott:
In regard to Carbolic Aoia to he Bhipreft to Pio&tinny
Arsenal on ovr Government oontraot, purchase order #12491.
Will you please take notice that we have been advised
by the Government that deliveries do not count as deliveries when
they are made to the railway company. The government counts delivery
when the goods reach them. We have been, therefore, penalized on
the last shipment to the extent of $6.07 for delay in deliveiy. That
is not ' your fault, however.
Pin you please take notice that the next delivery of
5,417 pounds is due at Pioatinny Arsenal on June 25th. You will,
therefore, have to make shipment of this quantity on Saturday, June
19th, ns we must reckon 6 days for transit.
Under our contract we have to deliver at Pioatinny
Arsenal their 5,417 pounds every 30 days. You will notide that this
is not once a month, but every 30 days.
Will you please be sure and give this your prompt
and careful attention.
V. E. !T?AD0\7C?.0FT .
MITSUI & CO, LIMITED.
25 Madison AVenue,
Hew Yoik, June 17th, 1915.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange , H . J .
Dear Sir: —
Attention of Mr. W. H. Msadoworoft.
Eeferrlng to our telephone conversation in regard to time
of delivery of Phenol we contracted with you far the amount of
323,000 pounds, we request you to kinflly read our letter of June
1st and vour confirnation of the same dated June 4th, in which
you confirms d° the increase of our order from 300 000 pounds to
323,000 pounds, to he delivered In equal quantities daily,
ning June 15th and ending December 31st , 1915 . ..e also would
ask you to read the second paragraph of ourletterofJunelst
mentioning the total quantity of pure Benzol to manufacture the
entire auant ity of 323,000 pounds Phenol will he 53,833 gallons,
wMc* mK 296 gfllons per day for a period of 182 days oount-
lng from June 15th to December 31 at at the rate of 28 daysto a
month, on the basis of 6 lbs. Phenol to one gallon of Benzol.
When wo first discussed this matter with you, you told us
thatvou expected to get 6-1/4 pounds from one gallon of pure
Benzol, but at the last meeting, when I took Mr. Komuro with me ,
you stated that you expected to get 6 poundsPhenolto oragalion
of Benzol, by the new process which is going to be used in
factory but you were getting only 4.6 pounds Phenol to one gallon
of Benzol from your old process.
We trust that you will give us the benefit of your new process
and calculate the quantity of pure Benzol from Woodward at the rate
of 6 pounds or more Phenol to one gallon of Benzol, instead of 4.6
pounds Phenol to one gallon of pure Benzol.
Trusting that youwill find the above in order and with regards,
Yours very truly,
MITSUI & COMPAHY, LIMITED,
by (SIGHED) SHUNZO DAKAXI .
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange > ®ew Jer8®y •
Dear Sir: —
Attention of Mr. W. H. Meadowcroft.
V/e beg to confirm your offer for 73,000 pounds of pure
Phenol, delivery to begin in January, 1915 and to end June
1915, inclusive at the rate of 13,000 pounds per month,at
the price of 70* per pound net to you. We are to furnish
you galvanized iron drums on our account. The above price of
70* per pound has nothing to do with the price of Benzol to you
and whatever we make above 70*. we understand is to be our pro¬
fit.
Tie are cabling this offer to Japan to-night and hope to
be able to accept it in a few days.
Yours very truly.
manufacture of Para-pljenaienei-aiamine*^ At that time you. thought
later you would he. in a position to supply this, ana we would like t(
know if you are in a position to supply a small quantity at the
present time, and if so, the prioe <
Very truly yours,
IiEE TIRE & RUBBER 00.
SECRETARY.
Mitsui & Company, limited,
25 Madison Avenue , _ , , .
nevr York City. Attention - Mr. Takaki :
Dear Sir:
Please excuse the delay in reply to your favor of the
9th instant, oonfirmii® the confirmation of figures about Ani¬
line, Phenol ana Benzol Plants which I gave to you ana Mr.Eomuro.
I shall have to ask you to excuse me if I leave it un¬
til a little later to go into this proposition further. Just fur
the immediate present T am so busy in getting my new Carbolic plant
running ana getting the Aniline Plant thoroughly under way, that I
cannot find time to go into the details at the moment.
If you will let me know two or three days in advance of
Ur. vomuro's leaving time T will try ana take up this matter so fliat
we oan all go over together "before he leaves for Japan.
Tours very truly.
June 10th.
1015.
Hr. Claude Op dyke ,
'i Woodward Iron Co.,
Woodward, Ala.
Dear Mr. Opdyke:
You will receive an occasional letter from me in re¬
gard to the products of our plant at .Woodward.
V.’e liave made a contrast for one hundred fifty (150)
gallons per day of pure Toluol. Shis contract has been made with
the Hercules Powder Company. They are going to furnish their own
tank oars, and we have been taking up the subject of cleaning these
tank oars with them, as the containers tor pure Toluol must he very
clean.
The contract with the Hercules people was made direct
with Mitsui & Company who are interested with Mr. Edison in the Wood¬
ward Plant. T am nov; enclosing for your information copies of let¬
ters exchanged between Mitsui fi Company and Hercules Powder Company
in regard to the cleaning of the tank oars. Please keep these on
your file for further reference.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
Enclosures ■
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Mr. Edison:
\1
In connection with my visit to the Interstate
Commerce Commission at Washington yesterday, I am pleased
to advise that the Commission have granted the revest to
establish a special rate^3£jl! per cwt., on benzole in iron
drums from Woodward, Alabama, to Silver Lake. I immediately
wired the traffic representatives of the interested lines
so that the tariff protecting this rate may be filed with
the Commission. I believe we may take advantage of this rate
not later than Monday of next week.
C. 0. to Mr. Wilson.
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Attention of Mr. YJ. H. Meadowcroft^ ^ei-f - \ ^ ‘"
vre just received the Japane^Navy^Specifi^aUon^or^
Carbolic Acid which is as follows: ,i iU ^ |A( , g
1. Colorless White crystalline malk in* no^^Werature .
3. The crystallization point of carbolic ac:
above 40° Centigrade. i .*>** |
3. Carbolic Aoid should contain absolutely no inorganic
admixture or Hydrocarbons ajid other nigne^ ^
phenols, etc. t vv I *1 j /
Our contract calls for U. S. PharmacopaUa
the same time we would like very much if your phenol will meet
with the above mentioned Japanese Havy Specification or better.
Kindly send us a small sample of your phenol- so that we
can send to Japan an analytical report-tobe made by one of the
licensed chemists in New Yojrk- City.
Yours very truly.
acid should be at
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Respectfully ,
June 23rd. 1916 .
Mr. Berggren:
Will you please tales notice that on our oontraot with
United States Government (their purchase order #12,491) for sup¬
plying Carbolic Ao1.d to Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, H. J., the
price to he charged is fifty-six (56) cents per round, and Mr.
R. Hutchison is to receive a commissi on of five (5) cents per
pound, to he paid as we receive payment for our hills.
W. E. KEADOWCROFT .
(
lee Sire 8> Rubber Company,
Con6hohocken, Pa.
Gentlemen:
Replying to your favor of the 17th
instant, T leg to ? ay that At this moment I
oannot give you a definite reply as to how soon
I shall he in position to supply you with Para-
phenylenecti amine , hut erpeot to have my plant
ready for operation about Inly first if the
manufacturers of apparatus keep faith with me .
Yours very truly,
WESTERN UNION
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RECEIVED AT 23 3 MAIN ST.
85 NY H 32 -ORANOE-, IN. J.
WA NEW YORK NY JUNE24-I5 855PM x
THOS A EDISON
TEUEPH°'
ORANGE Nd
WOULD IT BE CONVENIENT FOR YOU TO SEE ME AT YOUR OFFICE TOMORROW FRIDAY
MORNING AT ABOUT TEN, OCLOCK TO OISCUSS DUPLICATE OF THE WO.ODWARO PLANT
ADDRESS ME HERE CARE THE WALDORF.
R H BANISTER
June 25th . 1915 .
J. P. Morgan & Comrany,
Export Department,
25 Wall Street,
Hew YQjt City. _ Attention of Mr.
Gentlemen:
Summer.
I am in receipt of yotrr favor of the
23ra instant , ana in reply heg to say that we
ao not separate the Xylol, hut sell the whole
of the fraction as Solvent naphtha. There is
ah out 14$ of the Xylols in the ' Solvent Haphtha,
. j.; which we couia aistill it if the selling price
were large enough to pay a fair profit, ana if
it wouia not spo'l the Solvent JJqwer of the naph¬
tha.
Yours very t.ruly,
Jane 25th . 1915 .
Ur. Claude Opdyke,
% Edison Benzol Plant,
7,'aodward Iron Company,
Woodward, Ala.
Pear Mr. Op dyke :
?hts will introduce to you Mr.
Takamiohi Mitsui, one of our friends. As Hr.
.Mason has probably told you, Mitsui & Company,
ltd., are ass oo late ft with me in the Benzol
Plant at "oodward.
Mr. Takamichi Mitsui, who brings
this letter to you wishes to acquire some prac¬
tical knowledge of our Benzol Plant and business
down there. He will stay about a month or six
weeks with you. Pill you please regard him as
one of your employees for the time being, and
show him everything there Is to leam about the
business, and utilize his services to the heBt
advantaged of both himself, Mitsui & Company and
our Plant .
I shall be glad if you will kind¬
ly advise h®n also as to making his arrangements
for living down there while he is with yon.
Yours very truly.
aiU
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Thomas A* Edisoji, Esq,*,
Orange, . H.J • 1
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are at) out receiving shipments of Aniline Oil against their £
contract orders placed with me, I enclose herewith telegram re¬
ceived yesterday from the Firestone fire & Rubber Co., to which
I have replied promising further shipment of Oil tomorrow and
shipments every other day thereafter, also suggesting if they would
feel better satisfied, 1 had no objection to their conferring with
you to ascertain that we were doing everything within our power
to keep them supplied with this product.
In case Mr. Adams or any one else from the Firestone Tire
& Rubber Co. should communicate with or see you in person, please
back me up with assurance that you are giving me the major portion
of your production of Aniline Oil for distribution among my customers
and that the Firestone Company are getting the larger portion of
same, if anything more than their prorata share.
-Crusting you will do this and return the enclosed telegram
for my files, I am
urs very^espeotfsaiy-r^'-^y' — \
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encloi
Woodward Iron Company
wooD^Rb^LA. June 26, 19X5.
JrIvala. June 26, 1915. *>?' J-
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The writer ie e director in the Seaboard Air Line Railway. The ^ j
Seaboard neede tonnage about aa bed as any reilro ad in tide country. If L
you can consistently favor them at even figure^ any business jcu^ have, l
I rill personally very much appreciate it. Onderstand I do not expect you j
to give us the business unless we can handle it in a satlsfactc^yjnanner- end
on as cheap a rate as other people.'
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CHEFHCM.S FOR MEQICtNAt, PHOTOGRAPHIC.
ANACTTVCAt AND TECHNICAL PURPOSES,
St-’Uo/JjIjS;, June J5, ^915
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^Orange, H. J. da* JU^ ^ ^
Dear Sir:
The urgency of our situation
on with regard to Carb olio Acid constrains
atezsKia. A,,, it. -U* ^ «*7 i
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»«. «»«« .1 ib. artiolo V -U lb.
aacure supplies from those who hare e”Kr|f
try has practically exhausted our sntlreffipRlfeo of tn^articl|, which ^s
ao necessary an element in the manufacWre^fSr^paWtTonB. We have ^an
restricting the distribution. and^re
ties as possible with all of
jobbers, but
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u. ^4t least to some extent
Jtee
no longer able to naintain even th^se^i
additional supplies of the acid,
the urgent need of physicians and hospitals whose appeals are increasing daily
with their urgency, and we are impressed with the inerting necessity of secur¬
ing supplies to enable us to assist in relieving the Wien. We would there¬
fore appreciate it very much if you could arrange to let 1 have ir. your pro¬
duction at least a ton of the acid a month so that -e/uld meet, at least in a
small way, the very urgent appeals of our customers. This is but a very small
proportion of our requirement, considering the very large number of products
into the manufacture of which the article enters, and we hope, therefore, that
you can see your way clear to accommodate us and through us the legitimate wants
for medicinal Purposes.
mi., i. <«• *• “*lt r”’11
Mr. Thoa.
juris 28th. 1918.
T-eaero. XI. ?. Still** and Edgar Opflyke:
I think I told, yorx that we hays agreed to pay a com-
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rent of oommiaaion or cheek ror oa ,
the time arrive b.
W. H. MEABOV’CHOPS •
WESTEJH UNION
telRam
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RECEIVED AT 23 8 MAIN ST.'
63 NY GC 36 - 38ORANGE, N. J.
SOUTH BETHLEHEM PA 305PM. JUN 28 1915
MR T A EDISON,
ORANGE NJ
39 REFERENCE YOUR PHONE MESSAGE TO MORGAN THAT THREE THOUSAND
GALLONS TOLUOL READY INSPECTION JOHNSTOWN PLEASE ADVISE MR LYDDON
1510 UNION BANK BUILDING PITTSBURGH AND REQUEST HIM INSPECT AND
FURNISH HIM YOUR CERTIFIED ANALYSIS.
TELEPHONE
TELKPWOMftft TOX.l444r
REPORTING MARKS
St. Louis. Mo. June £8, 1915.
Ur. Vim. H. Meadowcroft ,
C/o Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
As a result of telegrams passed between us we have ar¬
ranged to have our Sharon office forward, in accordance with your
instructions, to Thomas A. Edison, care Northwestern Iron Company,
Mayville, Wisconsin, via Erie Dispatch and C. II. & St. £ . , one
(1) 10,000 gallon capacity Pennsylvania Tank line car, and. to
Milwaukee Coke & Gas Co., Milwaukee, T7is. , via ane Dispatch &
C. H. & St. P-. one (1) 10,000 gallon capacity Pennsylvania lank
Line car, both cars to be clean, and suitable for the transporta¬
tion of pure benzol.
\7e have instructed our Car Accountant to forward these
cars empty, free to return Silver Lake, II. J., by the same route
loaded.
We are enclosing herewith our Car Service Contract, in
triplicate, covering these two cars, in lease for a period of one
year, at a monthly rental of $87.50 per car, we to operate and
maintain the cars and credit your account mileage earnings. We
will apnreciate your signing two copies of this °0^ractandreti
ing same to us promptly, retaining the third copy for your files.
Vie would be pleased to hear from you, if you are now in
position to furnish us shipping instructions covering the third
car which you anticipated having use for.
business ,
remain.
Thanking you very
and trusting we c £
kindly for having favored us with this
an be of further service to you, we
Yours very truly,
PE HIISYL VANIA TANK LINE. yp
p-i.
President .
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Pennsylvania "arik ' ine,
::t . T.ouio, !.'o .
Gentlemen:
I havo received ycur favor of tho
2Gth instant, together with theleaso in trip¬
licate covering the cars 7/hich ”r . --.dison has
leased from yon for a porio| of one year.
This contract is made with "r. Edison personally,
sn3 ha ha: signed all three copies. I enclose
thorn herewith, and shall he glad if yen ’-ill
return one copy signed hy your company.
Wo are much ohi igod for ycur prompt
attention in getting one car out to Eayvillo
yesterday, and trust that the other will
go forward quickly to t'.ihvaukee. I have t =19-
graphed to ycur Company at Sharon today asking
whonthis car will go forward.
fours very truly.
Assistant to lir. Edison.
Enclosures .
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, Hew Jersey.
Dear Dir:~
Attention of Hr. V.'. A, Meadowcroft
VThen I was in your office last wee’; accompanied by
Mr. Komuro and my Brother-in-law T. M. Mitsui, you were good
enough to agree to take all remaining quantity of pure Benzol
from the Hoodward Plant at 600 {o. B. Silverlake, N. J. You
were to confirm it in writing but we suppose that this matter
has been overlooked owing to your being extremely busy and have
taken the liberty to confirm it ourselves.
?. M. Mitsui is now gathering all necessary information
at the office and will leave here next Tuesday for Woodward. He
is showing great interest in this trip and is more than pleased
with his weekly allowance of $30.00 and the Writer thanks you
sincerely for your kindness in giving him permission to work there,
He are expecting to receive figures in regard to pure
Aniline Oil Plant within a few days and we will take pleasure in
forwarding them to Mr. Komuro at San Francisco as soon as we re-
To Mr. T. h. Edison, Page 3. . . ,6/30/'lo.
’T/LM
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Attention of Mr. V/. A. Meadpwcrgft^.
The Germania Hosiery Mills , whom we considered to be <
friends just because they were introduced to me by one of our s:
1 in the Silk Department, have turned <
be crooks and 1 am
I propose to worry them as much as we can so as to stop
their disturbing your friends and I have written a draft of a let¬
ter to them, which I herewith enclose, and which I will send to
them, providing you agree with the contents therein. Kindly read
this draft over and let me know what you wish us to do.
• j.. Yours- very truly.
J., LIMITED^. _
ST/LM
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
Germania Hosiery Company,
Kensington & Allegheny Aves.,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Gentlemen: —
Tfe beg to advise you that the Edison Laboratory have
intimated to us that they might be unable to fulfill their con¬
tract in full owing to the fact that their new Aniline Oil Plant
has met with various unexpected accidents entirely beyond their
control and requested us to be ready to take any small quantities
they can possible spare and not to insist upon fulfilling the
entire contract.
Our contract with Hr. Edison has the same clause as
that in our contract with you,namely, "In case of Force Majeure,
Sellers to be released from the fulfilling of this contract or a
any part of this contract actually so effected." Under these cir¬
cumstances, we cannot guarantee to deliver you entire contracted
cuantity at specified times and want you to give us full discre¬
tion to do our beet to get as much as we can during the contract
time. Mr. Edison secretly intimated to the Writer over the phone
that if we. wanted to cancel the entire contract now, Mr. Edison
will be pleased to entertain such a proposition. Kindly advise us
what you wish us to do. Youra very truly,
MITSUI & COMPANY f LTD.
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( ) iyy/' ^9/'X>'3uns 30 , 1915 .
MARK F.3P1Y "IMPORT DEPARTMENT"
,&
Ur. Thomas A. Edison,
c/o Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated,
Orange, Hew -Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
You will rememher that when I called on yon
last Saturday you mentioned the fact to me that there
is something in shellac .which decomposes when shellac
is raised to a high temperature; also that this
substance was not present in a greater amount than
something like l/ 2 of 1# of the total mass. It occurs
to be that this substance may be organic matter in the
shape of part of the remains of the Lac Insects themselves
which produce the lac. It is my opinion that practically
all of your previous experiments with shellac have been
conducted with Native Hand-Made Shellacs. These all
contain from 1 to 3$ of insoluble matter, of which from
1/4 to 1/2 is this same organic matter. This is shown
in all Waldie’s Analyses of shellac, as shown in the
enclosed copy, which please return when you are through
The presenoe in Native Shellacs of this organic
matter, and other insoluble matter, so called, is of
oourse due to the crude way in which the Shellacs are manu¬
factured, and to the fact that they are submitted to no
real purifying process. Angelo's Machine-Made Shellacs,
however, of which you have purchased two parcels from us, are
practically free from organic matter, and other insoluble
matters; Waldie's Analyses of them showing on the average
not over 3/10 of 1 % of all kinds of insoluble matter.
Yours respectfully,
dwm/d
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SPECIFICATIONS FOF. CRUDE TRINITRO TOLUOL
PHYSICAL QUALITIES :-
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:- 1 -
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slightly yellow, fine and uniform,
crystalline powder. It must be of such
a degree of fineness that at least 90# of
it will pass a 10 mesh sieve.
It must contain not less than IS. 00#
nitrogen determined by the Dumas Combus¬
tion Method.
There must be no acidity. Determined as
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stoppered 100 cc graduated cylinder and
100 cc of distilled water. Shake well :
one minute, then add blue litmus paper.
Allow to stand one-half hour with occas
fil shaking. The paper must not show a:
. Ash must be no greater than 0.1#. Deter¬
mine by igniting 1 gram trinitrotoluol in
a platinum crucible: allow to burn slowly.
The remaining carbonaceous matter is ig¬
nited, precautions being taken to prevent
loss of ash.
- Insoluble matter must not exceed 0.15#.
Determined by boiling 10 grams trinitro¬
toluol in 150 cc 95# alcohol. Collect on
a weighed Gooch crucible. Wash in no
more than 150 cc hot 95# alcohol. Dry one
hour at 95 to 100° C,
The moisture must not exceed 0.10$.
Determined by weighing 3 grams trinitro¬
toluol in a weighing bottle of at least
2 in. diameter, and desiccating over sul¬
phuric acid for 24 hours.
The material must contain no free toluol
or products which will give a reaction
with a sulphuric acid solution of dipheny-
lamine. Determine the last by shaking one
gram trinitrotoluol with 50 cc of distilled
water in a graduated glass stoppered cylinder,
allow to stand for fifteen minutes. Filter
and test a few drops of the filtrate by add¬
ing them' to a sulphuric acid solution of
diphenylamine. No nitric acid reaction
should be obtained.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR REFINED TRINITROTOLUOL
PHYSICAL QUALITIES: The material must be in the form of a
slightly yellow, fine and uniform
crystalline powder. It must be of such
a degree of fineness as to pass through
a 13-mesh sieve. No odor of any by-prod¬
uct or crystallizing agent may be present.
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES: 1 - - It must contain not less than 18.30*
nitrogen, determined by the Dumas Combus¬
tion Method.
3 - - There must be no acidity. Determined as
follows :
Place 5 grams trinitrotoluol in a. glass
stoppered 100 cc graduated cylinder and
add 100 cc distilled water. Shake well
for one minute, then test with blue litmus
paper. Allow to stand half an hour with
occasional shaking and test again with
litmus paper. The paper must not show
any acid reaction at the end of this time.
If the paper remains in the test solution
it will be bleached; bleaching must not be
mistaken for acid reaction.
3 - - Melting point must not be less than 80° C.
4 _ Ash must be no greater than 0.1* Determine
by igniting 1 gram trinitrotoluol in a
platinum crucible; allow to burn slowly.
The remaining carbonaceous matter 1b ig¬
nited, precaution being taken to prevent
loss of ash.
5 _ Insoluble matter must not exceed .15*.
Determine by boiling 10 grams trinitro¬
toluol in 150 cc 95* alcohol. Collect on
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a weighed Gooch crucible. Wash with
not more than 150 cc of hot 95$ al¬
cohol. Dry one hour at 95° - 100° C.
Moisture should not exceed .10$.
Determine by weighing 2 grams trini¬
trotoluol in a weighing bottle of at
least 2" diameter, and desiccating
over sulphuric acid for 24 hours.
The material must contain no free
toluol or products which will give
a reaction with a sulphuric acid
solution of diphenylamine. Determine
the last by shaking one gram trini¬
trotoluol with 50 cc of distilled
water in a graduated glass stoppered
cylinder, allow to stand for fifteen
minutes. Filter and test a few drops
of the filtrate by adding them to a
sulphuric acid solution of dipheny¬
lamine. No nitric acid reaction
should be obtained.
Edison General File Series
1915. Chemicals (E-15-18)
July
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We are in receipt of the drum
of PHENOL invoiced on the 15th ult . , and
find on examination that Cresol was pre¬
sent .
We will distil this drum as
heretofore and report results to you in
due course.
July 2nd • 1315 •
Ur. Prod. C. Kersmfi
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International Life
faint Louis, : ’.o .
Ttust Co . ,
Building,
Boar Sir:
I am in receipt of .your favor of the
2Gth ultimo, giving analysis of tho eannol coal
in which you are interested.’
y,, rnply lot me say that in my opinion
this coal, if used in a hy-y redact echo oven,
should give a vory large quantity of Banco! hydro¬
carbons .
T am i rodeoing from Benzol, Aniline Oil,
Anilino Salt, and Carbolic Acid. Those are in
vory groat demand just nee/ wing to tho lack of
importations from upland and Germany. Hot only
Bon sol, hut theso other products are bringing high
prices at tho present time, but these should not
he regarded as indicating the prices in normal
tiraos, as they are voiy greatly and unduly exag¬
gerated just no.v .
Yours vory truly.
•i!r. John Bacon, Jr.,
CoVe Jven 1'epartmont ,
Cambria J.tcel Company,
Ji hnstown, ?a.
Bear fir:
TncloBeo I log to hand you copy of
a report made hy ”r. Kammerhoff to Ur. Bdison
on a recent shipment of - ure Benzol from you.
”r. Bdlsor. wishes lao to say to you that you must
do something at once to stop sending us Bonzol
lilto this, which we havo to redistill. Ho wants
me to say to you that wo have not the capacity
hero to distill all yur pure Benzol.
Yours very truly,
Assistant to Ur. T.dison,
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Knowing your deep Interest In the cause of humanity, we
venture to asK your advice as to the best method of humane J de¬
stroying animal life.
For more than twenty years It has been the practice of this
Society to destroy the small animals 'oy- means of Illuminating gas in¬
troduced Into an air-tight compartment or tarOc. Recently, however,
one of these tanKs exploded, injuring some of our employees and caus¬
ing considerable damage to the building. Though, as above stated,
these tanlcs have been in use for over twenty years, during which time
six explosions have occurred, we are now told by experts that it is
impossible to guarantee the safety of this system and that explosions
are liKely to talce place a.t any time and with even more disastrous
results.
now important this subject is to the society you will ap¬
preciate when we tell you that we destroy upwards of 300,000 small
animals yearly. Various other methods are in usa, — charcoal fumes ,
chloroform, injecting poison by the hypodermic needle, and the electric
cage. We do not consider any of these methods satisfactory, with the
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possible exception of the electric cage, which appears to be humane,
hut is Slav in operation in that each animal must be handled and de¬
stroyed separately. We enclose a booklet illustrating and describ¬
ing this device.
If you can offer any suggestions that will help us ouu of
our present difficulty we will appreciate it very much. It has been
suggested to us that you, with your great general Knowledge, may be
able to give us valuable assistance in this matter.
Trusting you will pardon the liberty we taKe in addressing
you, I am,
Very truly
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July 3rd. 1915.
Mr. Claude Ordyke,
;! Edison Benzol Plant,
V.’oodward Iron Company,
iVoodward, Ala.
Dear Mr. Oi ayke:
I wrote you a few days ago about young Mr. Mitsui
who is going don to the Plant to ar ena a month or so wi th you .
I have hean informed that ho wi'l start from Sew York on Tues¬
day and reaoh Birmingham alout noon on Thursday, July 8th. I
have told him to go to the "otel Tutwiler and get lunch, ond then
ho oan take a trolley car down to Woodward, where he will arrive
sometime in the afternoon.
I Buproso that loth you and Mr. Mason will he too
busy to go up and meet him and ta’-o him down, although it would
ho very nice if that could ho done. Mitsui & Company, as you know
are financially interested with Mr. 'disen in the oodward Plant.
They are a very wealthy concern, -nd our relations with them are
of a very cordial naturo. I mention these points, so that you will
ho posted.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Mdiso
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Referring again to the subject of - ,/ ^ f' /j y _
paraphmylbhedialuhei V
would eay, our poeition 1b auoh that it would aestst-Us
greatly if you oould quote us on a basis of a maximum and
mi n < mum price, you to give us these figures for purposes
of calculation, with the understanding that you will quote
the aotual price falling within this range as soon as you
can do so.
Xt is also very important tfyat we should know
the quant^&y y»u oould furnish and the date or dates of
Yours very truly,
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Thomas A. Edison, Laboratory,
Valley Hoad,
Orange, H. J.
For Hr. Iieadoworoft :
Gentleman:
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Confirming our telephone conversation of yesterday,
v?e aooept your offer for the production at Woodward, Ala.,
estimated to he about 170 gallons per day, for one year from
date, of Solvent llaphtha, like that in the 8 drum lot you
recently sold us; shipment to be made in carload lots as
directed by us. PleaBe advise us as soor °° ™" 1,nWR n nr
ready for shipment.
Price, 25^ per gallon, f. o. b. Woodward, in your iron
drums, or if our iron drums are used a price slightly less than
this is to be arranged between us. If your drums are used they
are returnable freight prepaid to Woodward for credit at the
prioo invoioed to us. Terms 60 days net.
If this is all in order we shall be pleased to have
your formal word, and also to hear from you in regard to the
use of our drums.
Y/e trust that this business may be mutually advantageous,
and appreciate continuing our pleasant business relations with you.
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Bayway Chemical Company,
Bayway, Elizabeth, H. J . Attention - Mr. York.
Gontloman:
Your favor of tho third instant in rogara to Solvent
liaphtha from our f/oodwarO Plant has been received. I think you
muat have misunderstood me, as I aid not mate any definite offer.
.My recollection is' that I told you wo expect to have about 170
gallons of Solvent liaphtha a day and asked you , if such should
turn out to ho tho fact, whether you wanted it at 25^ per gallon
?. 0. B. ffoodward, Ala., hut T did not make a firm offer. You
said you would let us know.
I did not close tho matter. I said to you that I had
not yet received a sample of the Solvent liaphtha from my Vi oo award
Plant, 1 ala in some doubt as to 'whether I could doliver the same
quality of Solvent liaphtha as that contained in the 8 drums sent
to you from ray Johnstown Plant, aa the Solvent liaphtha from tho
two plants is quite different Until I" know more about it I can
do nothing towards closing a contract.
Yours very truly.
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Hr. Claudo Opdylio,
fo 7. din on Dansol, Plant ,
tioodward Iron Company,
woodward, Ma.
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I want yon to savo, if p.osaihlo, tho
tar thnt oonoa from wash Inf; tho Solvent naphtha.
"hero tn In it a valuable rant oriel , called "Cn-
norono". You can put thin tar in barrels .
Pioaco none!, oo by oKproeo a ton pound
a sapid of thin tar, and ad drone it to C. H.
Poadovroroft, v'd5 non laboratory, flranen, I!. J.
It is only tho tar frer. solvent Hophtha
that J.o any pood, and what I want.
Yours very truly,
c.c. to . Mison and John Bv.oon, Ji.
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,aat .. yon left Sliver M» . “'■ OP**** call8d "
.p ead .aid that be ^ •» *“* SM,<" “tet“6 ““*
h. a... par. ...1 Cl.tb a.** M •«•«• f r“ *' B"1
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be paya $1.W> toC$2.00 a yard. ^|s2=^«^'
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olotb bat It did mot ,lva the earn, degree at a.tlafaatloa that
the Pure Wool Cloth gives.
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Mr. McDermott:
Herewith I hand you three invoices of the Eorthwestem
Iron Company for three shipments of Ben sol, dated June 3rd, June
15th, and June 18th.
7h-; Benzol from the northwestern Iron Company is to he
taken on the hooks of Thomas 4. Edison, Inc. and then charged out
to the Old and Eew Carholic plants and the Aniline Plant at 65j i
per gallon, as it is delivered to those plants.
Those are Mr, Edison’s instructions, and the same instruc-j
tions will also apply to any Bon sol shipped to us from Milwaukee
Coke & Gas Company. Whenever you havo received a lot of Benzol
covered hy any of these hills, please check the hill as material
having ha on received, sign it and send it tc Mr. Borggron for pay¬
ment. Tho price of the Milwaukee Benzol will also he 6Sff per gallon.
I shall send a copy of this memorandum to Mr. Bergeron.
The contracts for this Benzol was mad! hy Mr. Edison per¬
sonally and he wants the material itself handled in this way.
V:. H. MEADOWCHOFT .
July 7, 1915
Messrs. Hudson, Hamrnerhoi'x , Hing, Opdylce, John Killer,
Hoffman, Cheshire:
Haw materials are being delivered daily to the various
ooerutions at Silver Lake and great care should he exorcised
in accepting delivery, and particularly consuming any of
these materials, until you are absolutely satisfied that
they are intended for your Division or operation.
V,*e have been holding since June 7, invoice covering a
car of Sulphuric Acid (Car CSX 6516) that was inuenaou ,or
the Carbolic manufacturing Division (mr. mMimerho^i) and
at this late date, find that the car was delivered to mi.
Edison's personal plant and consumed there without any ad¬
vice whatever being given anybody regarding tne some.
mr. Fudson.-also advises that in a number of instances,
materials intended for his plant have been aceepuoa and
used in some other Division without advice oi sucn action
and he was only able to trace it through his Receiving De¬
partment endeavoring to check up the bill.
■jhis whole situation presents such u serious aspect
sn? s srjsssi aw v WH
Sr all of the Spirals ions so that no error of this character
oan occur.
HEL.BB
H. 2. Looming
Copies to tiessrs.' Bdiss^n, meadoworoft, Harry Killer, Wilson
liambert
July 7th. 1915.
Tha Pddystono '.Tanufaoturing Co.,
15th and Chesnut Streets,
Philadelphia, Pa.
G on t lorn on:
I am in receipt of your favor of the 1st instant,
in regard to Paraphmylenediainine . As I previously informed
yon, T am making a small quantity day hy day for my own con¬
sumption, hut the largor Plant is getting along well and will
ho finished in the near future. The total capacity of this
plant will he about four hundred pounds daily, of which 1 shall
use about sixty-five pounds myself .
The price will he not moro than ?*2.00 per pound, noi
Iobs than vl.75 per pound. I would not sell tha whole product
to any ono person or concern, as thero are a numbor of small
fur dyor3 who have applied to mo, and each will want a little.
Yours very truly,
Assi
nFi m M. 'IPI S® IE
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FISK RUBBER CO.
CHICOPEE FALLS, MAS&Iul;
DISTRIBUTING
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Ly 7th, 1915, CITIES
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solvent naptna waici- you ae-it iio.^ * |
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to replace 90^ Bon sol. | fhoic ar$, however
it- to udvantafflc ai
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when v.e could
call for a vor;/ slow ary inf
present time a considerable stool: of ti
do no th inf further with the solvent naptha i'o
,,'e have roceivod a few drums of Anil
sill vorlake , f. .7. plant. '-’hi a oil has a very
Ifitrohensol. It apparently works as well in ■'■r oroooes as
foroipn oil. Is this odor duo to incomplete reduction or to
the oil ho inf froohly made? -e note that this odor disappea:
after tiio oil has stood in open vessels a few days.
Ohankinr von for votir courtesy in the matter of tne
Mr. Thos. A. Edia'on,
July 7, 1915
You have probably heard the slang phrase
"Nobody Home". Well, that was exemplified in Maple¬
wood, H. J. last evening. Everybody, - men, women anc
children, - was at our Field Club to see how they
looked in the "movies." Shat they were able to do
this
entirely due to your courtesy and abundant
generosity .
Maplewood people express their thanks to
you and Messrs. Medowcroft and MoChesney for taking
their pictures on Independence Day. The pictures,
considering the gray day, are all that could be
desired.
Please oonvey our good thoughts as well to
your studio people for the despatoh in letting me
have the films.
If I, personally, can at any time show by
action and not words, how much I appreciate this film,
please command me . ,
Sincerely and gratefully.
S.'/t/r/trM:
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Six: —
Attention of Mr, ’’j ,A^_ —
Kindly make sure that we get as much pure Phenol as you can
possibly spare before the 15th of July so that we can ship it out to
oatoh steamer sailing from Seattle during the early part of August.
We are expecting to receive affidavits from you to cover
delay of Phenol under our contract which should have started on the
15th of June. These affidavits may spare us from paying penalty of
li per day to the Japanese Government. We are also expeoting to
receive from you sample of pure Phenol which we want to send to Dr.
Takamine'e Laboratory for analysis.
Yours very truly,
J, S. TYREE,
CHEMIST,
July 8th - 1915
The Thomas A. Edison Laboratory
Orange, N. J«
Gentlemen:
In furtherance to our correspondence of April
21 and your answer April 24-1915.
We can use monthly shipments of 150 pounds
U. S. P. Phenol either liquid or crystalled and will give
contract for same to cover the balance of this year.
Also can you furnish Salicyci Acid, we can use 58 pounds
of this monthly.
Adviee at an early date whether you could
deliver immediately, also price.
yours truly
J . S . TYREE , CKEKI ST , IEC
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CJmcm®®® Failils, Mass.
ilr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange ,
Hew Jersey.
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here in Hew York, and find that the same originally came from your
PlQnt‘ As v/e would like very much to return those drums
and receive credit, wo would ask if wo might do so.
We would also kindly ask you to quote us price
one or two drums of Aniline Oil for immediate shipment.
Your prompt attention will greatly oblige
_ _ McKAY
s BEAVER STREET
NEW YORK
Very truly yours,
TEiJ i’lSiC liUiibHR GOl.IPAIIY .
Asst.Pur.Ag^.
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09 John and 11-18 Cu
Mr. Thomas A. Bdisi
Orange, H *J •
Please let me have at your earliest convenience
a gallon sample of the Solvent Saptha, lihe the small sample
the undersigned secured from you when last at your office.
I have interested one of my clients in this materxal
to the extent of mahing a test of this sample with a view to
displacing the use of 90% or Pure Benzol. Believe with you,
the Solvent Haptha will Till the hill, hence my anxiety o
secure and have tested at the earliest possible moment the ga
the next day or two. '
ttonMM, so. for —H* *»a v’m>t "
to this request, X «
eh Yours very respectfully,
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July 9th. 1915.
Mitsui & Company, limited,
25 Madison Avenue ,
Ilew York City.
Attention of Mr. Shunzo Takaki.
Dear Sir:
I enclose herewith on affidavit which
I lave made , showing the reasons why 1 have lean
prevented from making the earliest shipments on
my contraotwith you for 323.000 pounfls of Phenol.
I trust it will he satisfactory to you and your
friends.
I expect to make you a shipment of six drums
of Phenol on July 15th, and shall expect to he
able to follow this with other and larger shipments
regularly and soon afterward, as I am getting my
manufacturing facilities in good order. I feel no
douht of my ability ot complete the whole order with¬
in the contract time unless prevented hy matters ab¬
solutely beyond my oontrol.
You: 5 very truly.
July 9th. 1915.
Ur. Op dyke :
I hand y°ut ?!rqu2tl tiesSduefeadi on^f a?* Jufy^hipment a .
SfKo'tfc qufnt^ies tLs far shipped to eaoh.
As you know. Stanley Mgt output ’
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oration^ ^°^g®agll^(a^t^younoan °n Of°ooarso' ^th e^will^all^he
siSiSs ff L£^HfA%f£ «5P
gT1gffg.'Sn,i^»^ ^en^Wing^ all of them.
I send you herewith Stanley ^^ett^^list^of ^tho^ship
monts ho would like to have made ’f o^anyone else. Givo him a fair
calls for or you fnd “ed some out to the others.
«OHs! ar ara&rE. « ss.
.Jl.no.. -W 8422 Bootor.
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Willard, Maine .
Via South Portland.
You oan address your ^°^®7 ° them1 to*3 Mr! Edison and
S9?uS them^vef to°^ young man, Budolph Tulloch. who will
ontir them on my sheet.
W. H. MEADOiVCBOPT .
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AHILIHD OIL - JULY,
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(2) Morgan & Wright
(3) Rirestone f. &. R. C
(4) Millville Mfg. Co.
(5) Belaware Hosiery Co
(6) Stanley Boggott
Robert Moyer,
Waldrioh Bleaohary
Runnymedo Mills,
Scotland Reck Mills,
Merrimack Mfg. Co.
Soydel Mfg. Co.'s orders (3)
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(2) Crescent Mfg. Co. Spartanburg, S.C.
(3) Holston Mfg. Co. Lenoir Citv, Bonn.
GormaniaHosiery Co.fAcet. Mitsui & Co) Phila.Pa.
Detroit, Mich.
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Millville, H. J.
Wilmington, Bel.
Hew York.
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AHIIIITP SALT - JULY
Amorioan Printing Co. 'all River, Hass. 6300
Hollander & Son Row ark , H . J. 4000
A3 wo wore not ready On Salt, \morioan Printing Co. said they wonld
taka Oil for first shipments.
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,ON NEW YORK j
7/9/15 __ “
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Recount , containing 5%. Hi&;i° /
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you» producing at the present
.nilL-onoW. matter. Ho. pa you
^ ,, Understand th« material you y»i »
J i tiinXis^toJilutely free from taw lS*Ki'T
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tl„.4.to., to .«...g «• ‘.'to. — “ ■“»*
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5 ihe 4 repetition of this complaint.
« h“f- Hoping pen -111 tone year to., .ffor.a, a. I »«■ *«
( i iJ go. .ill, to o..eh «P .iin tool order, and «to -or. —a
! lliZt. of this malerial in fntnr. tton in tto p.at, toUo.ing
§ J Ca.tototo of dtoi-rtos - totter of tto .aeon., tor-toted
pursuant to your nr. ne.do.or.ffs regue.t.ym
Yours^ery respectfully.
SD/HS
United States of America)
State of How Jersey j as:
County of Essex )
Thomas Alva Edison being duly sworn deposes and Bays as
follows ••
I have entered into a oontraot with Mitsui & Company,
limited, of Japan and Hew York by which X agreed to furnish
them with 323,000 pounds of Phenol, to be delivered in equal
dally quantities beginning about June 15th, 1915, the total
quantity to bo delivered not later than Eocomber 31, 1915,
unless prevented by Force Ttajeure , or circumstances over
which I have no control. I have built my plant for manufac¬
turing suoh Phenol, made all my contracts for the raw mater¬
ials therefor, but have been prevented from making the first
deliveries as early as the contract demanded, because the
I manufacturers of certain parts of the apparatus absolutely
necessary failed to deliver and complete their apparatus in
accordance with their contracts with me. I have also been
prevented from commencing my manufacture of Phenol because
of my inability to obtain in good time the services of the
class of artisans called "lead burners". The reason of thes<
delays may be explained by the fact that the manufacturers of
explosives in the United States have been working night and
day on account of the War in Europe , and they employ the men
and manufacturers I have been obliged to depend upon ibr my
apparatus for manufacturing Phenol. These are all circum¬
stances over which I have had no control, and I must ask for
the consideration of Mitsui & Company, Limited and those
whom they represent .
Subscribed and sworn to ) (Slgned)
this Ifflth day of July, 1915.)
(signed) Frederick Bachman
NOTARY PUBLIC , STATU OP NOT JERSEY
COMMISSION EXPIRES JULY 9, 191? •
July 10th. 1915.
Mr. McDermott:
Aa I am going away tonight for a vacation I am send¬
ing you this little memorandum ao that you will know what to do
about shipments of Carbolic. We are obliged to mate an extra ship¬
ment on July 15th of six drums ofl account of a contract we have
with Mitsui & Company. T have explained to Mr. Kammerhoff that
this part i cularllot of six drums must bo put in some galvanized
steel drums which we bought for this purpose, and which he will obtain
from Mr. Opdyke at the now Carbolic Plant. Mr. Harry Miller, who.
will occupy ray dost while I am away will probably telephone to you
V.'e dues day July 14th and ask if it will b : ready and he will 3end
you shipping instructions. Of course, I know this IMinx will
bring us down pretty well on stock, but wo cannot help it.
I have explained to American Oil & Supply Co. that
wo will only bo able to 1st them have about 4,OCOpounds next week
end, that is to say, on Saturday the 17th on th’ exchange plan,
and possibly one drum for billing.
The weak following, that is to say tho week commenc¬
ing July 19th you will have to make a shipment of 5417 pounds to
Pioatinny Arsenal, so we will only be able to lot American Oil
& Supply Company have a similar amount at the end of that week.
I do not want to run below about 7,000 pounds at
any ono time, so please look out for that. If you can let Dr.
Woiller and Hoyden each have one drum a week and still keep not
loos than 7,000 poundn on hand, please do so. IVe are not going
to bo particular about shipping to l.'bndanto unless Mr.. Edison says
so.
Hereafter, I think we shell have to bill any direct
shipments to Hayden Chemical Works at 50rf par pound, but you will
get a memorandum ibout that, Monday or Tuesday from Mr. H. F.
Miller.
If you arc in doubt about anything on this -subject ,
please sec Mr. Edison sometime when he comes over to the Aniline
Plant. He is there every day.
W. H. MEADOVCBOPT.
Ur. Hiller:
There will probably be a letter in the mail on Monday
from Mitsui & Company giving shipping instructions for six drums
of Phenol to Japan. These are to be shipped on Thursday, July
15th, and I have given Mr. Kammerhoff instructions about getting
it ready, and have asked Hr. McDermott to attend to the shipment
upon your instructions. Will you please, therefore, send him
full instructions about this shipment. 1 think you ted better
inquire over the telephone on Wednesday afternoon from Mr. Kammer¬
hoff whether he will have the six drums ready.
W. H. MEADOW CB OFT.
July 10th. 1915
Willian E. Sohoel,
159 '.laidon lano,
Now York City. Attention - Mr. linoks.
Dear Mr. lincka:
Just a lino for your information
to say that if we want ' o ordar any farther sup¬
plies of Chloride of Magnesia we will order it
under the nemo of "Vfhite Shell Salt". Share is
a huBineDS reason for this, which I am sure yon
will appreciate, and regard as confidential.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Kdison.
July 10th. 1915.
Mr. A. 1. Mullaly ,
fo national Aniline & Chemical Co.,
100 Kill lam Street, II
How York City.
Dear Sir:
Your favor of the 8th instant in
regard to l-araphenylenediamine has been re¬
ceived, and Mr. ?di9on says that ha will
squeeze you ten pounds out of his own supply.
V.’o will ship this to you on Monday hy express.
•She prioe will "be £1.76 per pound.
Years very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Ydison.
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Dear SirP
Your wire of July 8th with regard to iron
condenser for Silver Lake Phenol Plant was received,
and we have not replied because we have been malting
every effort to get this coil out for you as soon
as possible*
Cro&t/
We note that you are very much dissatisfied.
There has evidently been a considerable misunderstand¬
ing in the transmission of this matter from you to us,
for we were not informed in any way that you were in
such a great hurry for this condenser. If we had,
we would not have made a condenser of the design which
we are making. We could have gotten this Condenser out,
if we had known how urgent your need of it was, in three
days, without trouble.
Mr. Lunt met the writer in New York last Thurs¬
day eveing, after being at plant at Silver Lake, and he
stated that you had inquired of him as to how the stills
might be arranged to turn out more material} that he had
stated this could be done by Increasing the condenser
oapacity, the rest of the apparatus being considerably
above rated capacity. He stated that be had suggested
that the two silver coils oould be placed one over the
other and connected, and used for one still, and that
a new iron oondenser could bo made for the second still.
He did not state, nor give us the impression, that you
Intended to make this ohange immediately, and made a
sketch showing a condenser with a cast iron shell, steel
tube plates, charcoal iron tubes expanded into the tube
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July 10, 1910.
plates, eto., that is, condenser to answer the con¬
struction used on hensol still, on, for instance,
the 40" oast iron unit supplied you for the Woodward,
Alabama, Plant. You will realize that a con¬
denser such as this cannot he gotten out in three days.
While the writer put through the order immediately on
return, we would consider shipment on Saturday of this
week as very good time. Even at that there has been
the usual delay and the failure of the foundry to deliv¬
er the castings as promised, but we have kept after
them from morning til night on this particular matter,
since receiving your wire, and will have all material
here, on Monday, and expeot we can assemble the con¬
denser complete and ship it on that date by express.
We regret very much causing you delay, but in
this case it was certainly because we had not realized
the fact that you wore in such haste to make this change.
Yours very truly,
E. B. BADGER & SONS COMPANY.
CHEMICAL ENGINEER.
CLCsMJR
July 12 til . 19115.
!.‘r. J. 3. I'yreo,
■ashington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your favor of the
8th instant in regard to Carbolic Acid, an d would
say in reply that at present my manufacturing
capacity i3 only about equal to tho contracts I
have made, hut in about a month from now it is
possible that I may have increased my eajaoity so
as to talro care of a fow more orders.
If y-'u will eommunicato with me again
by that time I shall hope to be able to give you
a more definito answor.
Tours very truly,
Mr. Ott:
/ July 12th. 1915.
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3 friends, Mitsui &( Cbmpany of New York and
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Mr. Edison' i
Japan, wish to have a drum of the Woodward Benzol shipped to a
friend of theirs in Japan.
We have received at Silver lake from Woodward, 42 drums
of what they have called pure Benzol. Mr. Edison wants to make
sure it is good Benzol before we ship this drum.
I have asked Mr. McDermott of the Carbolic Division
at Silver lake to send up a gallon can taken from one of the drums.
He will send this up on Monday to you. Will you please test it
and show the report to Mr. Edison. If Mr. Edison says it is all
right to ship, please give a memorandum to that effect to my sten¬
ographer, Rudolph Tullooh , and he will telephone to Mr. MoDexmott
to make the shipment.
W. H. MEADOW CROFT .
July 12th. 1915.
Mr. Miller:
By the distillation of a lot of odds and ends that we
had at Sliver lake , including five drums of 90$ Benzol whloh we
•bought from the American Oil & Supply Company, we obtained 245
gallons of Toluol.
Of thiB quantity there Is due to American Oil & Supply
Company 50 gallons free of charge, as it was part of the basis
for exchange of the Benzol for Carbolic. There is also due to
> gallons* of Toluol aut of this lot, for which
iJitsui & Company^
re have already receive ^payment .
The other 163 gallons belongs to the Incorporated, Car¬
bolic Division.
Mr. Hofflnan of the American Oil & Supply Company is go¬
ing to Bell this whole lot of 245 gallons. He will let you knew
when he hffl sold it, and then you can issue an order on the Carbolic
Division to ship it. You had better send this order to Mr. Kammer-
hoff as he understands all about it. Then instruct Mr. McDermott
to bill American Oil & Supply Company with 50 gallons, no charge,
in accordance with the terms of our first exchange agreement.
Then bill Mitsui & Company with 32 gallons of Toluol, no charge.
this being the quantity due to them on previous distillations.
Then bill American Oil & Supply Company with 163 gallons at the
price at whloh Mr. Hoffman sells it, which will be somewheres
~aboui(^47so^er gallon. Mr. Hoffman will tell you what he has
sold it for, and he is not going to charge us any commission.
W. H. MEADOWCBOFT.
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AnT receiving telegrams from Woodward regarding revised drawings
for Hlttzel Stills and changes in patterns. Come to Laboratory
when yon can to take up this matter and change of plans.
THOS . A . EDI SOH .
July 13th. 1915.
Mr. Christenson:
Mr. Edison requests mo to say to
you to watch your hoy, as comrlaints are ooing in
as late aB July 1st, that our ‘niline Oil contains
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THE DAILY DEMOOKAT-JOHHSYOWK, THURSDAY, JULY IB,; 191R
Three Killed, Eix Injured, in
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ONE AND QUARTER POUND BASIS OF EXCHANGE NO BONUS MY stenographer
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SILVERLAKEHOW MUCH BENZOL HAS BEEN DELIVERED ON FOURTH. TRANSACT I ON.
W H MEADOWCROFT
*A£f86r/$?. — July 16th. _ /#/ 5 .
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir: —
Attention of Mr. H. F. Miller.
We have a letter signed by your Secretary, Mr. H. F. Miller,
under date of July 15th, stating that you will be unable to guarantee
Phenol equal to U. S. Pharmaoopaeia, but that it will be nearly that
and you oan furnish us with a sample if we so desire.
We beg to oall your attention to various letters exohanged
between you and us, regarding previous contract for 333,000 pounds of
pure Phenol, U. S. Pharmaoopaeia. For Instance, your letter dated
May 30th, signed by your good self, clearly states that what we order¬
ed from you under that contract is pure Phenol, United States Pharma-
copaela. Naturally, we sold this Phenol to the Japanese Government
as such and now we have again sold a further quantity to the Japanese
Government of 73,000 pounds as pure Phenol, U. S. P.
Under these circumstances, we fully expeot to get pure
Phenol to meet with U. S. P. under our oontraot with you for 333,000
pounds and also expeot to reoeive the same quality of pure Phenol
under our new oontraot for 73,000 pounds.
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To Thomas A. Edison, Esq.... Page
(7/l6/*15.
We take the liberty to oall your attention to the fact that
some time ago we sent you an English translation of the Japanese Navy
Speoifioation for Phenol and you informed us that one of the olauses
in the said specification could not be met with by anybody and all
you would guarantee about the quality was to meet with speoifioation
of United States Pharmaoopaeia for pure Phenol.
Kindly enlighten us on this point at once because it is very
important .
Yours very truly.
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v^tOwU 2.
Confirming the arrangement mado tViis morning for the / *5$****.#
exchange of benzol for phenol on the basis of one pound of ^ lY ’
phenol for one gallon of benzol, wo would say that we will ship \J
immediately to you at Silver lake, IT. J. , a oar of benzol, c~
taining 2700 gallons, which we purchased a
ins specification: _
"100£ of the benzol shall distill between 80
and 82 dogroos centigrade. '.Then throe parts of the^l
benzol are shaken with one part of C.P. sulphuric /
acid and allowed to stand 15 minutes, the benzol /
shall remain white and the acid slightly colorod."
Will you please write us by return nail to the offec
that you will within two days after receipt of the above ben:
notify us as to the result of your toot so that wo nay know
that it is all right.
Wo understand that you are to ship us the phenol not
later than two weeks from receipt of the benzol, and that you
will try to ship it sooner.
Yours very truly,
buhtekworsh-judsoit coiipahy,
Asst. Secretary.
Dominion Steel Corporation, Limited
The Benzol Plant has given us a good deal of
anxiety, and. is not yet "out of the weeds". Our yield of
0. P. Benzol has teen very small end while we have in the crude
and washed forms a good deal awaiting treatment the recovery
has been very unsatisfactory.
The oil used is, we telieve, insufficient
in quantity and the coolers have not taken care of the temper¬
ature. We are installing a Refrigerating Plant capable of
oocling 250,000 gallons of oil from 130 degrees to 60 degrees,
or 150,000 gallons down t o 45 degrees, or 120,000 gallons
down to 40 degrees. This, we expect, will largely reduce
our losses tut we think additional absorbing towers are needed;
say two more on the larger side end one more on the new ovens.
At present our recoveries are too lew.
We have been embarrassed by the contracts we
made, moderate in quantity as they fortunately were, end have
had to buy in a considerable Bmount to cover our obligations.
The shipments 'to you, including the car that was lost, have
taken a large proportion of our output.
Things are, at the moment , mire promising on
the finishing end. The new large 3adgor Still is now in
active operation end helping out the results substantially.
We had not been making even 500 gallons O.P. Benzol daily before
that was at work.
A s soon as we can see our way clearly I will
advise you definitely os to prospeots. The car going to
you today is the first shipment we have made for many weeks.
Yours very truly,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, U.S.A.
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Thomas A. Edison, Eeq.. ,
Care Edison* s Laboratory,
Orange, ITevJ Jersey.
jjy dear Edis(
I sent
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copy of your letter to J
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SSve^a letter from hi
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Minister of Munitions,
Private Seoretary stating tha„ h3 a irt*-
Thomas (who ie, as you are no dou^are, inquiring
into the output of mnitions
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get at you with relation to picrio acid. 1 &1*
wondering whether you have heard from Mr. Thomas.
Yours truly,
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Colors, (EljPttttrals, ©Us aui> dHuwral $Unlmrts
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Orange, H.J. , // L<-0*4
Sear Sir;- \ <VU4'f ^‘W'v 1
ReplyiW to your fuvor of *&*%'%
X have Inquiries in Rand Xor^o^tely ,^tons o^An^
Oil per month, January.
next year and wiuld thank yotfetase to_ advise me whether or
not you ard preyed to accept^defs *Tr all or any portion
3 quantity, and at what
it price to me bearing JU
$kfa£C& a^ensive^
the General Ch final Co's ~
plant will be toming into the // jM^*”^** '
the Chemical C °*
tl.J. will then! be producing three tpns njvfw "1 '
Midvale Che.ieUrha. *“« ‘l“ “ H”***
3 000 pounds per^ay.
The f o r mer'~concern is quoting delivery balance of
this year, 60 / per pound, the latter concern 35/ par pound
and for delivery next year a minimum of 12/ per pound..
Believe at this time if you can name me a price
over the months mentioned in the fore part of this letter
of somewhere between 25 and 30/ per pound. I could close
SOme contracts at this time before these new products come
into the market.
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Olnlnra, QU^mirala, QDUa anil mineral flrniutris
99 John and 11-18 Cun- Stukkth sprciat. «
NEW YORK
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Please let me hear from you promptly regarding
this question, as I feel now is the opportune time to
secure contracts for your product for delivery over the
early months of next year at profitable figures.
Doubtless you will be glad to learn that I received
a letter this morning from the Liilville wfg. Co., who com¬
plained about first drum of Aniline Oil you sent them for my
account being unsatisfactory, to the effect that the last
drum furnished on their order was perfectly satisfactory
and urging me to have further shipments made of the same
product, accordingly would ask_£OU please to bend your best
^ this direction^also please arrange to send me
at your earliest possible moment one drum of Aniline Oil
As address and let me know when you will have your additional
part^worTcTHg"and— be able to make shipments as per schedule
in my letter of the 2nd furnished at request of your Mr.
Meadowcroft .
Awaiting your early response, I am
Xours very respectfully,
SD/HS
i>tanWg ioggett
Qlnlnra, (Eljmtrala, ©tla mb Htttfral pntmcta
99 John and 11-18 Clive Streets spkciai. co>
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Orange, K. J-. n. ^ ^Ooa ^ ,
ar Sir; ^ uxlt^tr
Referring
e of your rep»tativ,s
a four ouneeEHmvple* of litFjB.9™01 and quote me
,ir lowest price slme time will
,u kindly advise me when W will he^osition
Respectfully yours.
„ , Ai.„ let . MM «l»i W»»«» °f W “l"“1
B* S* Jon are prepared to furnish.
NEW
DR.>H. SCHWEITZER,
^117 HUDSON STREET
Mr, Thomas A. Edison,
Orange , It. J.
My dear Mr. Edison: -
Enclosed please find a copy of Dr.
Rasohig’s patent for continuous distillation.
I have not the blue prints here, but if you
think the patent is worth your consideration, I shall
write at once to Dr. Rasohig requesting him to send me
the necessary blue prints.
With kindest regards, I remain
Loura^incerelyj/^_^_^
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VTC J^tosyierein specifications f»r aborting oil rhich we
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Thanking
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SPECIFICATIONS FOR ABSORBIN'? OIL
paraffine Bose gravity 26° Re1 to 36° Be’ at 15-5° C
Viscosity 9227 at 100® F (SayBolt)
Cloudy 3*° F
Fractionating 0° to 300° C nil
300° to 350° C 6£
350° to 420® C 91ji
420° C not above ¥
Hr. Charles 3. Brown, Hows 'editor,
'"he .journal of Commerce,
38 Broadway ,
Vorlr City.
Bear Sir:
I am in roeeijt of your favor of
the 19th instant, ana would say in reply that
I do not intend to maho the dyes themselves .
I nave orocted five different plants in the
last three months in which I obtain Benzol,
toluol. Aniline Oil, !Ti tno "benzol , Acetanilid,
Paraphenyloned "amine and Carbolic Aoid.
Host all of ”'h ioh are the Iasi materi¬
als for dyes.
I will be glad to see you at anytime,
if you want further information.
Yours very truly, •
32 B G 32 Via Portland 11am
Br New York July 22nd, 1915
W H Ueadoworoft
Loveitta Bield , South Portland Me . ^
Young Mitsui reports from Woodward that on aooount of trouble
with water supply only four thousand gallons toluol can he
delivered to Hercules on August fifteenth I am communicative with
Mr Miller
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July 26th. 1915.
Samuel Insull, "'sq . ,
120 '.Vest Adams Street,
Chicago, Ill-
I.Ty dear Insull:
T am in receipt of your favor of
the ,21st instant, and v/ould say that Thomas
came over to see me. He 1b in He"’ York City,
and is overloaded with work. Ho asked mo to
help him, and I assured him I would. His
family came over to the Laboratory this week.
Thomas is a very high type nan ,
John Bright type , a man you w ould taka to go
on a fishing trip with.
Youro very truly.
July 27th. 1915.
Mr. B. H. Bsni3ter, V. Proa.,
Woodward Iron Company,
'.V oo award , Ala.
Boar Sir:
I am in receipt of your favor of the
2i at Instant, and ho? to say in reply that we
huy from tho Standard Oil Company what Is called
Straw Oil, the same oil they have furnished to the
3emet-Solvay Benzol Plants for yoars. Ask for
the grade of Benzol absorbing oil used by the Semot-
Solvay and Kdison and you will get it.
The Standard Oil Company in my experience
oan be absolutely depended upon.
Any further information you can get from
oar Mr. Mason at your plant.
Yours very truly.
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ORANGE NJ cfiowfcRDED
HAVE NOT NAOe'aNT ”m MAKE
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fractions SOIL within ten DEO . absorb ing different
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tnis will not happen again, anii we will appreciate it very
much if you will let U3 have the balance of the oil clue us under
our contract for June and July and see that prompt deliver;/
of the August shipment is made.
Very truly,
The Bribgeport Wood Fbmbsmbn© C®.
PAINT 5c. WOOD FINISHING PRODUCTS Hcw v5„
WHEELERS WOOD FILLER SSILEX
July 28th/. l915*
Llewellyn Park,
paet few months, relative to your Benzol product, aj
etood at the time, that you had not fully completed
paratlons, but would advise ue as' soon as you were .
receive contracts.
Will you kindly advise if this moment has
your prices for 90 Per Cent, and greatly oblige,
Very truly yours,
THK BRIDGEPORT WOOD FIHI
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THOS A EDISON
ORANGE Nd.
HAVE L0CATE0 TROOfl'tC ALL DUE METHOD OF TESTING’ LABATORY WILL
EXPLAIN BY LETTER IF YOU WANT NINETY PERCENT CAN SHIP
IN DRUMS OR TANK TOOAY EXPECT TO SHIP TANK CAR
PURE IN SIX DAYS ANSWER.
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With reference to. ou* le'tter of the 23najjis±smt
. PnwAer Co
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.
Orange, K. J.
Ka-u^fct'G'vM-* x 1 <• '
regarding the shipment of Toluol to^the^erc^e^ Po^er Co..^.
we are in receipt of a letter fro^t^ part ' of which rjsadu
"We have noted very °aref]}ll*/_your k {.rt. tCv
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letter”of the S3nd instailt on the V3
suhiect of Toluol, in which you ad- . .... »y if.
vise that there is a possibility of dUUM>« ^
your not being able to get off the ut.fvv J--
first car of toluol on August 17th d.it ^ - \J
as per schedule, and it will not be . (vtM/'i*
our desire under any circumstances
to have this tank 'car forwarded un- P
til it has been filled to capacity, Vu^ *>■ *e
and would, therefore, request that ^
the oar be held until you have pro¬
duced sufficient toluol to fill it
to this extent. We do hope, however,
that efforts will be made to have the
toluol shipped just as early after
the scheduled shipping date aB is possi¬
ble, and furthermore trust this will be
before the last day of August .
re request you to kindly let us have the necessary
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information to reply to this Inquiry. <e- ^
cl£6l A <*< ^aZ~ eas^ Very truly yours, "
i
Regarding the sample of Phenol which you sent us
soflie time ago, we are in receipt of a letter from the
Takamine Laboratory, Inc. in co-operation with whom we Bold
to Japan, to the fact that the report of their chemist is
very favorable and they trust that the quality of phenol
whloh you are sending will meet with the requirement of the
Japanese Navy.
This is just for your information.
Very truly yours,
HewYoRK:, July 30th, 1915.
Mr. Thomas. A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Slrs-
_e have not heard from you since your letter of July 9th In which
you state that you are still contending with difficulties contemplated by
that clause in your contract with us which would excuse you for non-deliv¬
ery in case they are beyond your control. Whether or not they are within
the contemplation of the contract of course depends upon the exact nature
of the difficulties.
The loss which we are sustaining by reason of your failure to
deliver has now reached such serious proportions that we feel that we
are entitled to a specific statement of the reasons why you do not begin
delivery. Will you therefore please be good enough to advise us of the
difficulties with which you are still contending and which you claim are
within the contemplation of our contract of May 15th, 1915.
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RUNNYMEDE MILLS. I
tarboro. n. c.
’.•i.tory of Thos
Orange ,
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July 31st, 191p.
liaon.
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V/e find that you have shipped us on oui
for aniline oil for the months of July as follows!*:
June 8th, 235 pounds
" 14th, 800 "
" 28th, 300 "
July 7th 400 "
" 13th 900 "
" 22nd, 900 "
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contract
Total
3555
As our contract for these months called for
2,000 pounds each, you are behind on these two months 46?
pounds. Won't you please send U3 at once this and also
ma'ce us prom t shipment of the 2,000 pounds due us in
August.
Very truly,
HUXITHJEEE HILLS, ISC.
W3H/G
xork,
Curia",' 'Spain, and we shall be
your valuable opinion,
ire now sounding Jso calcu-
In accordance with what I promised you, when I had the honour to be received
by you on May last, I send you through Mr Ramon Boera 58 gark Rgw,new xork, a
box with samples of potasic salts discovered in cat? nb-m -Rnain.ai
verv clad if you kindly examine them and you give ui
There is not yet any bed on explotation,for there
late the importance of the discovery.
There is a new regulation in which the Spanish Government obliges every con¬
cessionary of potasic salts mines to keep them in constant explotation till
the products cover the expenses. Besides, the Spanish Government has the right
to fix the quantity that has to be reserved for the national uses.
Together with the box of samples you will receive a volume ol Boletin Ofi-
cial del Instituto Geologico de Espana" in which you wall find a short study
about those mineral beds newly discovered .which will holp you to judge the im-
P°Herewith please find a comunication of'the hirector of our Institute offe-
r^Any^other details you may need about this, or any other matter dont fail to
write to me, for I shall feel most honoured to be of any use to you*
you already know I am very interested in all your Inventions, mostly in the
aniline affair. As soon as your factories are ready to export this products
please wlrte to me and I will work for commands. I make you same offers ior
anv of vour inventions, and if any society who takes interest in your inven-
tions will extend the business in Spain, I will have great pleasure to take .
their agency here and I will most surely do everything within my power in the
afair. I feel confident I can do what I premise because I know well the Spa¬
nish trade .where I have been working longtime and that is why my Government
sent me to study the way to increase tho mercantile relations between opain
and the United States. In this voyage to New York I had the honour to make
Very sincerely yours
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
•>£/. i /i/utif &tWm/ u\r
Sir,
Our engineer t'.r Jose de Gorostiza-
ga,told us that in the interview' he
had the honour to have with you, you
indicated the wish to hnow some sam¬
ples of mineral ore of potasic salts
lately discovered in Cardona and
other places of Cataluna, Spain.
Glad to have an opportunity to pi®
se you, we are sending you, through
said !.Jr Gorostizaga a box with said
samples.
We shall feel very honoured if
such a high personality as yours ta¬
kes any interets in things of our
country.
The "Institute Geologico de Espa-
fia" has the honour to offer you its
services and shall be pleased to do
in your behalf evrything po^.blo; not
only in this matter but in any affaij
you may take interest.
■ In doing so, I have the honour to
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
put myself at your orders as clirec
tor of this Institute and privatly
for whatever you may desire,
yours admiring and respecting
Madrid July 1915
THOMAS A. EDI COH ESQp
ORANGE.
Edison General File Series
1915. Chemicals (E-15-18)
August
Of
, Thomas A .Edison, Inc . , .
Orange, H . J •
tmM-ZOlCM August 3, J.9J.5 . I
(Jjc^U, l^CMXf^r vn^)lcxvn*^
{dtfL opol&| *|tfe ^6M
your telegram of yesterday reading:
"Contractors furnishing still
ha t^u)WR Y'“
•■uontractors i urnisning b&ixi xia.vw-i — i ^v-
not finished it yet. they promisaj J*.
this week sure " . Lt>«- tjfr*
We can only a a L^fea s is a I A, f&etJS/fHJf
new still which you are having installed, as v*4*-' I
you have previously made no reference to a rv»
delay in shipment, and the result is that we . _
are now very much upset for the want of Phenolic * *f"T” T
I'M- lLWJ!-
According to our records you were, f)
at the end of last week, about 2100 lbs. uT MW*”*
short on deliveries, and with this week's \ *
quantity it will make 2800 lbs. you are sh^r^.^T'^
As we have repeatedly mentioned to £
you, we contracted for the delivery of one of C
our products based o.n weekly shipments of Phenol Uaurt.f'
we contracted with you for, and unless you make*' Ij®*-
us some shipments promptly, we are afraid we_h---j-,|s^<AArtC
will be up against it. As matters stand now, »* ^
- * 6 - - — - * - - * rt/ bojdo
LI oe up agamsu iu. as y. I
will have to shut down the departme^t^^£^ cj/
We trust, therefore, you will do your % ,
utmost to get shipments on the way to us as
promptly as possible, and we hope to have ad- . ^
vices of shipment from you before the epd of tr-fc. »uu* j
the week.^^^. Ui*-4ut J?
C.H.V.--L.
Ffft *
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
WASHINGTON
August 3, 1915.
Condenslte Company of Amerioa,
Ur. Kirk Brown, President,
Bloomfield, H. J.
Gentleman:
I am in receipt of your letter of July 17th, addressed to the
Department of Commerce, and asking for information in regard to myrhane
oil and aniline oil poisoning as occupational diseases, which has Been
referred to this Bureau for reply.
Bulletin 100, list of industrial poisons, published by this
Bureau, a copy of which is mailed you under separate cover, gives in
summary form the mode of entrance into the body, the symptoms of poisoning,
and the measures of relief for aniline and nitrobenzol (myrbane oil) .
The information contained in this list of industrial poisons was prepared
by an international committee of medioal and technical experts appointed for
this special purpose.
Dr. Sir Thomas Oliver in his work entitled "Diseases of Occupa¬
tion" says in regard to aniline poisoning:
"The symptoms of aniline poisoning are headaohe, drowsiness, a
feeling of sickness with loss of appetite, shortness of breath, palpitation,
and a tingling sensation in the feet and legs. Dr. Walter Malden (The
Condonsite Company of Jlmerioa - 2 -
Journal of Hygiene, Ootober, 1907) on examining the blood of aniline workers
did not find that it gave the spectrum of methaemoglobin, but this is not
surprising, as the band of met-haemoglobln can hardly be detected unless
this substance is present in at least the proportion of 1 to 10 of oxy-
haemoglobin. Nor was there evidence of blood destruction to any extent,
judging from the fact that the blood counts showed a normal average of red
corpuscles. The coloring matter was reduced in amount, but the proportion
of white corpuscles was not excessive. Iialden is of the opinion that if
there is a destruction of red corpuscles in aniline poisoning it is counter¬
balanced by a renovation of corpuscles, which, as it proceeds more rapidly
than the formation of haemoglobin, causes the color index to be lower than in
health, while the presence of basophil granulations in the red corpuscles
points to imperfect formation of those cells or suggests that they are
undergoing degeneration.
The health of workers in aniline has of late years much improved.
During the summer months the workmen are apt to suffer most. The severe
headache, vertigo, and slokness may not come on until they have left the
factory and reached home.
Helm (Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift , vol. li. No. 19), a
German surgeon, has drawn attention to the occurrence of twenty-one cases
of tumor in the bladder among men employed in aniline workB. Some of the
men had worked 29 years— others only 5 years. The tumors were of a
Condensite Company of Americt
Hygiene, October, 1907) found, dinitrobenzene to be more toxio to the work¬
men than aniline and that the first recognizable sign in the blood of
poisoning by dinitrobenzol is the presence of basophil granulations in
the red blood corpuscles followed by a diminution in the number of the
oorpusoleB by 1 to ljt millions per o.mm. of blood. He found in ohronio
oases an increase in the number of white corpuscles, especially lymphooytes,
also in the more severe forms of poisoning a few nucleated red corpuscles
and a trace of methaemoglobin as revealed by the spectroscope.
Benzene is converted into nitro and dinitrobenzene, or myrbane,
by the aotlon of sulphuric and nitric acid. liyrbane is reduced to aniline
by hydroohlorio acid and iron.
In the manufacture of some of the high explosives, naphthalene
and the aromatio nuclei, benzene and toluene, are made use of. The higher
the nitration of the aromatio bodies is carried, the more dangerous becomes
the manipulation of these substances. Dinitrobenzene is a powerful poison,
whether inhaled, swallowed, or injeoted into the circulation.
Dr. Prosser White, of Wigan, in '^Dangerous Trades" gives a very
full aooount of poisoning by dinitrobenzene. When ordinary precautions
are taken by the workmen, there is little risk to health. The workrooms
must be well ventilated. It is desirable that the factory Bhould be
situated in the country. Cleanliness of the workroom and personal clean¬
liness of the men are requisites. Handling of the compounds should be
avoided as far as possible, and everything done automatically and in closed-
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standard work upon the subject. Dr. Prosser White is described in the
work in question as Surgeon, Hoburite Explosives Company, Wigan, England.
In Great Britain, under the factory and workshops act, special
regulations have been put in force for certain so-oalled dangerous trades,
among which one group is described as the manufacture of nitro and amido
derivatives of benzene and the manufacture of explosives with the use of
nitrobenzol or dinitrotoluol. As the regulations for this industry may
be of special interest to you, I am enclosing a copy in order that you may
see in detail the nature of the regulations which have been put in force.
I am, very truly yours.
Acting Chief Clerk.
Enel.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
For the manufacture of nitro-and amido-derivatives of benzene, and the manu¬
facture of explosives with use of dinitrobenzol or dinitrotoluol.
1908. Ho. 1310.
Whereas the manufacture of nitro- and amido-derivatives of benzene,
and the manufacture of explosives with use of dinitrobenzol or dinitrotoluol,
have been certified in pursuance of section 79 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, to be dangerous;
I hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by that act,
mafrp the following regulations, and direct that they shall apply to all
factories and workshops in which the said manufactures are carried on.
Provided that regulations 1 (a), 2, 3, 4, and 14 (c) shall not
apply to any process in the manufacture of explosives in which dinitrobenzol
is not used.
Definitions.
"Employed" means employed in any process mentioned in the schedules.
"Surgeon" means the certifying factory surgeon of the district or
a duly qualified medical practitioner appointed by written certificate of
the chief inspector of factories, which appointment shall be subject to such
conditions as may be specified in that certificate.
"Suspension" means suspension by written certificate in the health
register, signed by the surgeon, from employment in any process mentioned
in the schedules.
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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
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Duties.
It shall be the duty of the occupier to observe Part I of these
regulations.
It shall be the duty of all persons employed to observe Part II
of these regulations.
Part I.
Duties of occupiers.
1. — (a) Every vessel containing any substance named in Schedules
A or B shall, if steam is passed into or around it, or if the temperature
of the contents be at or above the temperature of boiling water, be covered
in such a way that no steam or vapor shall be discharged into the open air
at a less height than twenty feet above the heads of the workers.
(b) In every room in which fumes from any substanoe named in
Schedules A or B are evolved in the process of manufacture and are not re¬
moved as above, adequate through ventilation shall be maintained by a fan
or other efficient means.
2. Ho substanoe named in Schedule A shall be broken by hand in a
crystallizing pan, nor shall any liquor containing it be agitated by hand,
except by means of an implement at least 6 feet long.
3. Ho substance named in Schedule A shall be crushed, ground, or
mixed in the crystalline condition, and no oartridge filling shall be done,
except with an efficient exhaust draught so arranged aB to carry away the
dust as near as possible to the point of origin.
4. Cartridges shall not be filled by hand except by means of a
suitable scoop.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
—3—
5. Every drying stove shall ho efficiently ventilated to the out¬
side air in suoh manner that hot air from the stove shall not he drawn
into any workroom.
Ho person shall he allowed to enter a stove to remove the contents
until a free current of air has been passed through it.
6. A health register, containing the names of all persons employed,
shall he kept in a form approved hy the ohief inspector of factories.
7. Ho person shall he newly employed for more than a fortnight
without a certificate of fitness granted after examination hy the surgeon
hy signed entry in the health register.
8. Every person employed shall he examined hy the surgeon once in
each calendar month (or at such other intervals as may he prescribed in
writing hy the chief inspector of factories) on a date of which due notice
shall he given to all concerned.
9. The surgeon shall have power of suspension as regards all
persona employed, and no person after suspension shall he employed without
written sanction from the surgeon entered in the health register.
10. There shall he provided and maintained for the use of all
persons employed—
(a) Suitable overalls or suits of working clothes whioh shall he
collected at the end of every day's work, and (in the case of overalls)
washed or renewed at least onoe every week; and
(b) A suitable meal room, separate from any room in which a pro¬
cess mentioned in the schedules is carried on, unless the works are olOBed
during meal hours; and
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
(o) A suitable cloakroom for clothing ^t off during working
hours; and
(d) A suitable place, separate from the cloakroom and meal r<
for the storage of the overalls;
For the use of all persons handling substances named in the
schedules —
(e) india-rubber gloves, which shall be collected, examined, and
cleansed, at the close of the day-s work and shall be repaired or renewed
when defective, or other equivalent protection for the hands against contact;
For the use of all persons employed in processes mentioned in
Schedule A —
(f) Clogs or other suitable protective footwear.
11. There shall be provided and maintained in a cleanly state and
in good repair for the use of all persons employed:
A lavatory under cover, with a sufficient supply of clean towels,
renewed daily, and of soap and nail brushes, and with either:
(a) A trough with a smooth impervious surface, fitted with a waste
pipe without plug, and of such length as to allow at least two feet for every
five such persons, and having a constant supply of warm water from taps or
jets above the trough at intervals of not more than two feet; or
(b) At least one lavatory basin for every five such persons,
m,« .i«„ . ...» n,. ■» * ‘
and having either a eonatant oupply of hot and cold rater or nano rater laid
.. or (If a eon.tant oupply of Ml rater he net r.aoo.oWj ,r.etl..hle>
a oonatant a.pply of -tor laid on and a of » -*« ^ “
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
when required for use by persona employed;
For the use of all persons employed in processes mentit
Schedules A and B —
(o) Sufficient and suitable bath accommodation. (douche or other),
with hot and cold water laid on and a sufficient supply of soap and towels.
Provided that the chief inspector may in any particular case approve of
the use of public baths, if conveniently near, under the conditions (if
any) named in such approval*
12. Ho person shall he allowed to introduce, keep, prepare, or
partake of any food, drink, or tobacco in any room in which a process men¬
tioned in the sohedules is oarrled on.
Part IX.
Duties of persons employed.
13. Every person employed shall:
(a) Present himself at the appointed time for examination by the
surgeon as provided in regulation 8;
(b) Wear the overalls or suit of working clothes provided under
regulation 10 (a) , and deposit them, and clothing put off during working
hours, in the places provided under regulation 10 (c) and (d);
(o) Use the protective appliances supplied in reBpect of any
process in which he is engaged;
(d) Carefully clean the hands before partaking of any food or
leaving the premises;
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
week, and. when the materials n
tioned in the schedules have been spilt (
t (e) shall not apply to peri
is exempted by signed entry of the
surgeon in the health register
suspension, work in any process mentioned in
ules without written sanction from the surgeon entered in the health register
(b) introduce, keep, prepare, or partake of any food, drink, or
n in which a process mentioned in the schedules is
(o) Break by hand in a crystallizing pan any substance named in
Schedule A, or agitate any liquor containing it by hand, except by means
of an implement at least 6 feet long;
(d) interfere in any way, without the concurrence of the occupies
or manager, with the means and appliances provided for the removal of the
fumes and dust, and for the carrying out of these regulations.
H. J. Gladstone,
One of His Majesty's Principal Secretariat
of State.
Home Office, Whitehall,
30th December, 1908.
Schedules.
A.
Processes in the manufacture of;
Dinitrobonzol.
Dinitrotoluol.
Trinitrotoluol.
Paranitrochlorbenzol .
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
Processes in the manufacture of:
Anilin oil.
Anilin hydrochloride.
G.
Any process in the manufacture of explosives with use of dinitro-
benzol or dinitrotoluol.
whether or not you expect to have the toluol product of
your Johnotown Plant pn the market for delivery over the
twelve month of next year. If this is the case we ehould
he very pleaaed to get. in touch with you with the view of
Anniston
Knitting Mills Op.
■ (HOSIER YJ ■
Mr. H. F. Miller, Secretary,
Thomas A. Edison,
receipt of your favor of July 26th.
what we want to get at is your price.
Recently the writer wasUn Hn haHn°en-
and called up your Oil for future delivery the
gagement to see Mr. Edison aoouu the especial purpose
following Monday and stayed over i 1 t t t your orange of-
of seeing Mr. Edison and on Mo 5ut of the City for the
fice only to he informed that ur. naibon it ou wouia write us
day hut was told that upon k?;? re^ir?, . to haa~ from you we wrote
and give us price onAnilineOil^ ^iiing t ^ & SQCOnd request for
you for a price and our letter of J y rsa We can huy Aniline
a price. So far. we have not gotten it. Of course^ e aaked ara
Oil from other sources hut hlFll that we cannot afford
absolutely absurd made lome contracts at a cheap-
to use the goods. We know that you and the information we
Yours very truly,
Anniston Knitting Mills Co.
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Silver lake, ' fife ^ ,/
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s?2uf ass ssrj-ss
1915 to he delivered in tank oars at your siding at^ j? C
Silver Lake, H. J. v/^CA
On June 26th we shipped to you tank oar J
d\vx 1020 loaded with Mixed Acid to Silver Lake H. J. ^ a
St on July 16th, a period for the round trip from \ j,
our plant of twenty days. y
On June 30th we shipped tank oar GAT*
aa«awwa s».
V/e understand from your Mr. Opdyke
that you have no storage oapacity at your
Ko°s^,^alireIchULy“nly such quantity of
Aoid as you oonsume.
We have arranged with your Mr. Opdyke
that he inform us when he has unloaded the g««ent
£S%Hrijipp.« *> y.« .. »«.
the one is empty whioh you have.
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As we have made arrangements for supplying you
with the full amount of your contract, 160 tons per
\ month which is about five cars of aoid per month we
’ must draw your attention to the faot that we are being
somewhat embarrassed in this matter by your lack of
storage as we have a considerable quantity of this
aoid on hand -taking up storage room in our Plant
and would request you thereiore to relieve the situa¬
tion so that we may supply you promptly with the
contracted amount each months
Yours very truly.
jad/s
Thomas A. 31130H, Bag.
the crude Benzol.
Our real deficiency at the moraont is in retard to recovery. V/e are
today putting in larger pumps; wo are also erecting a powerful refrigerating
plant to supplement the cooling arrangement 3, now entirely inadequate, and are
making other improvements. These things take time, hut I hope hy the beginning
of September to soo our plant balanced up and a nropor recovery made. Meantime
we expect to got 1,200 to 1,!>00 gallons daily and to ship you say BOO gallons.
I think our arrangement with yon should be put into formal shape in
accordance with our usual selling arrangements, and the Sales hemrtment will
send you a contract for your approval. The destruction of the car of Benzol
involved a severe los3 and raises tho question whothor wo should bo expected to
replace any oars lost in transit. Tho price covers freight and duty, but I did
not regard it as a guaranteed delivery.
You will, r know, take a just and reasonable view in all these matters,
and I liave no doubt v/e can get our arrsngonents working on a fair basis.
yours very t inly ,
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,J. P. MORGAN & COMPANY
EXPORT DEPARTMENT
»KW YORK. Aug. 9, 1915,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
Orange,
Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir :
It affords me pleasure to transmit to you an original
letter from Lord I.Ioulton congratulating you upon the successful
manufacture of toluol.
I.U&- we take this opportunity of inquiring whether you
are disposed to submit a tender to furnish the British Government
with further supplies of toluol, and if so, at what prices and
for what deliveries? Or 'would you he vdlliug to make some
arrangement with the British Government by which the use of your
process in England could be made available to the British Govern¬
ment?
Permit me, in this connection, to thank you for the very
broad attitude that you have assumed in your dealings with us, and
to express the hope that you will call upon us whenever we cai
serve you in any way.
Enclosure .
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
on this subject should be
addressed to this Department
Storej/a Gate,
n'mlmimler, S.W.
Tcltphonc
KP/AM
Ministry op Munitions op War,
Explosives Department,
Institution of Mechanical Engineers,
R Rr' p f - . St0rey’s Gate’
RVi>{[ jW ! ’ Westminster, S.W.
ALifc- :•
l" . • 27th July 1915.
Dear Mr. Edison,
With reference to the Contract you have
with my Department for Pure Toluol, I thought
you might like to know that the first delivery
has arrived per the s.s. "Auchencraig. "
This Toluol has been found equal to the
very best makes in this country. Furthermore
it has arrived in good condition having been most
carefully packed and looked after.
I wish to express the appreciation of
this Department as to the way in which this first
delivery has been made and to hope that the re¬
mainder of the Contract will be fulfilled equally
satisfactorily.
Thomas Edison Esq.,
C/o Messrs. Morgan Grenfell & Co.,
22 Old Broad Street, E.C.
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TIIE UNITED STATES FINISHING COMPANY,
!HES FINISHERS OF COTTON PIECE GOODS ,
NORWICH.
PAWTUCKET.
320 BROADWAY,
August 9th, 1915.
Ur. Thomas A, Edison,
Orange, H. J.
My dear Mr. Edison:-
You will see that I have not forgotten about the
Earanltranlline . A couple of mouths ago— June 11th— you expressed
the hope that your aniline plant would soon he running steadily, so
that you would he in a position to tell me something shout the prospects
about delivering the Paranltraniline. I should like very much to mate
a practical trial of the 100 lbs. ordered of you, and am keenly inter¬
ested in hearing what progress has been made since your last report.
Yours very truly,
The U. 3. Finishing Co.
A.O.I,
MumzMi&iM* Sms-MisrlUjiaiHmn, HLS>
2Tn. d-l-'i CiMtMiKarmrmr STitmuir.
^SSmrVi»mt r, JKS51
To: Edison Laboratories,
V/ost Orange, 11. J.
Subject: Carbolic acid crystals.
1. I understand from current press reports that you are
in a position to supply, or have supplied. Government depart¬
ments with carbolic acid.
2. This office is now in the market for the Panama
Canal for 100 pound bottles of carbolic acid crystals of U. S.
Pharmacopoeia quality.
3. X shall be very glad to hoar from you if you can
furnish this article either in the containers specified, or
other sizes, and should like to have your prices thereon.
Colonel, Medical Coins .
jcs/hs
THE TAPALOG
W1LSON-MAEULEN
makers of
PYROMETERS
INDICATING - RECORDING
, 1915.
CO.
1 EAST 42nd STREET
NEW YORK
The Edison Laboratories,
West Orange, IT.
Gentlemen:
Ljl9<J2JL
August 10th,
'1
We delivered to you yWttrd^ Sy^JJoSfhaS"8
;s trr *-****»
This type of instrument is Partioularl| “f/^SSSt^Iof
rhodium thermocouples for '^s^J?“P^ermocouples deliver a very much
very high sensitivity Base the base metalWe is
Mr. Edison expired *«t“”!!“ifc~i1.ToinsSr
Friday, that he wished “ost open a^ae Wstru.^ offloe> ^ v;e
and it occurred to the writer aftei forSyou by using this single
could turn out a particularly °P® . le 0f any we malce, and which
pivot indicator which has the longest - q for fuii scale da¬
is sensitive enough for such a low range a <VWCt-<- j
flection.
In order to enahle yon
desired, we Prided' couple, so 'enlbling ydu%o disregard
&%£££?; ° v9 » rls « Sife s SSL
ss.'>wdan«”S\rnSLrSd -
Tilth the pyrometer M ^lled vou^lll^to^eajore^only
the temperature at the instrumen » that" it stands at the at-
S3££TS3SS.*S ofntiSrS^d neon the Inetr-ent..
„ epeel^hlJS
it will be found entirely satisfactory.
As we did not suggest the compensator leads in place of copper
leads, „e prSo“ to fnrngh tho.e .l.hont ohare, for them, although
NEW YORK CITY UNLESS
OTHERWISE STATED
those leads which are
fully prepared alloys
covered with real
are ordinarily 35
If, as we hope, you decide to
pyrometers for use on the other tanks, v,
least ten days to make delivery.
asbestos and composed of care-
cents per foot,
purchaoe two more of these
we trust you can give us at
v-e pnriose herewith two copies of blue print #3 which re-
system is to be moved.
re send you this letter in duplicate believing that you wish
+ n r =t'i in one copy7 in your files at west Orange and refer me otln.*
copy Vo the men in charge of the operations at Silver Lake.
Yours, very truly,
V;iLS01I-rJ.EULEi! CO.
y
August 11th. 1915.
Mrs. Robert S. Cameron,
Cion Alpine,
Antigon'ish County,
.llova Soot la, Canada.
Dear I.iadam:
Your favor of the 14th ultimo to "r. r.dison has been
rooalved, and he ’wishes U3 to thank you for your kind intentions
in sending him the printer pages about the dyeing of textile fab¬
rics. She Information In these pages would bo of absolutely no
uso whatever at the prosent day, as all the methods of dyeing de¬
scribed therein have passed away many years ago. Jlearly all dyes
are made from Aniline, which Is a coal tar product, and these
products have entirely supercedod the old fashion methods. 7/e, |
therefore, return the prlntod pagos to you herewith.
In reply to your riu nation, as to whether alcohol can
bo rendered tinf it for consumption In the form of liquor, we bog
to say that It Is a .regular article in the trade, and It Is callod
."denatured". A substance Is added which makes the alcohol ob¬
noxious to the smell and unfit for consumption.
Yours very truly,
Edison Laborat ory.
hnoloaure.
Attention of Mr. 7Z.H. Meadowcroft.
As we telephoned your Mr. Meadowcroft, we had two
gentlemen from the Hercules Powder Co. call on uo and they
asked us to find out by telegram exactly when the first
8100 gallons of CP Toluol can be shipped from Woodward, and
we trust that you will let us know of the reply you receive
from ''Woodward as soon as you get it.
They also asked us to make sure of the following
arrangements which we already made with them:-
1. - To send sample as per their pre¬
vious request to DuPont Eastern
Laboratory, Chester, Pa. in the
way they requested us.
2. - The post card notice about the
shipment to be mailed to Hercules
Powder Co,, Wilmington, at the
oame time when each shipment in
made .
3. - Mitsui & Co., Ltd., New York are
to send the Hercules Powder Co.
the bill, accompanied bv .Edison
Plant's chemical analysis and
"raTlway B/L. ' '
Thos. A. Edison, Inc.
To W. H. Meadowcroft
8/11/15.
These two gentlemen who are in their Traffic
Department asked us to give them the priviledge to telegraph
direct to the Edison Benzol Absorbing Plant, Woodward, ALA.
in case they want to find out if their tank car reaches there
from time to time, and in case they do so they wish your
Woodward people to wire reply direct to their office in
Wilmington. Such telegrams from Hercules to Woodward will
be signed by H. J. Taggart, Hercules Powder Company.
Trusting that you will arrange the matter as men¬
tioned above, and with kind regards.
Very truly yours.
ST/KN .
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August 11.
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Messrs. Thomas A. Edison, Ino.,
Orange, N. J.
We are just in receipt of your tel¬
egram reading:
"We have made express shipment
Phenol this afternoon".
We are pleased indeed to have this
information, and we hope this shipment will he
followed immediately hy further shipments by
freight, until the quantity already due us on
contract is completed.
It was only this morning we reoeived
your esteemed favor of the 6th inst., andweare
glad indeed that you were able to make good the
fromise made in this letter, which was that your
7 st ill would be running this week.
As regards quality, we are not prone
to complain unnecessarily, nor to unreasonable
in our demands, but as we have already stated to
you, we use the Phenol in the manufacture of a
medicinal chemical product, end the Phenol we u
ing of you.
■ it is qfcite different from that of other
'‘chemical houses, who job the artiole out in more or
less smallcontainer s , and a slightly less pure
artiole really does not make much difference in such
we hope that you will ^o^81"
tion, and that all we desire is to ben_fa|£ in our
dealings with you, and not to be unnecessarily
striot.
A
Messrs. Thomas A. Edison, Ino«
8/11/15 No. S.
« „ .iff.rMiasnsia.SSjKs’
S-«t*S£S: ‘SS&TPi.rSl “JTimiJ «**.
us best price possible.
Very truly yours,
MONSANTO CHEMICAL WORKS.
August 18th. 1915
Col. 1. Brechenien,
Uodioal Supply Bap.ot , U. S. Armjr ,
543 Greenwich Street,
I!ow York City.
Daar Sir:
I am in racoipt of your favor of
the 9th in3tant in regard to Carbolic Acid
Crystals, and would say that T have already
supplied the Army Dopartmont of our Govern¬
ment with sonr. of these crystals.
The Carbolic that I am now making
is in white oyystals, milting point about
40, and is vary close to U. S. Pharmacopoeia
quality. The entire production of my plant
is contracted for up to the and of the present
year, but if it would bo any accommodation
to the Yedical Supply Bopot to havo one hundred
(100) pounds, I could furnish it in galvanised
iron containers containing about twenty-five
pounds each, at seventy-five (75) cents per
pound .
Yours very truly,
August 12th. 1915.
Mr. Andrew Mir la , Pur. Agent,
She Unitad State 3 finishing Co.,
320 Broadway,
Iiow York City.
Bear ”r. Imhrie:
T rocoivod your favor of the ninth
instant, and it is with a good deal of rogrot
that I am ohligod to write and say that i can¬
not so's any immediate prospect of making up
some Parahitranilino.. I have contracted all
my Aniline Oil up to tho ond of the year, and
the necessities of tho Trade are so groat that
I am importuned for overy pound that I can turn
out for the immediate present. This leaves
me without any Aniline Oil for making Para-
nitraniline. However, I am hoping that the tr-
mendous rush will he over in five or six weeks,
and trust that I may he able to take up this
matter again later on.
1
Yours very truly,
it
August 12th. 1915.
Ur. V? . C. Andrews,
200 ?ifth Avonuo,
How York City.
Soar Sir:
iVa are in receipt of a latter from
tho York Knitting. Mills Company asking us to
supply them with five hundred pounds more of
Aniline Oil. I writs to ask whether this is
for you. Ycu will remember that on account of
your friendly relations with Ur. Hutchison wd
made an exception of your ca30 and letyyou have
two lots, which I had to. "steal" in order to
accommodate you.
Please let mo know about this other
lot.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Ur. lalson.
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I want right away another hlower 11*
the two we use on the new dryers. foot
Buffalo. We got the two I thin* from Wicolal.
See If he has another. Show this to Ueadowcroft
and tell him to go for the second hand man.
r. Caum says that Mr. Mi son
has reference
to an exhauster.
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Deferring to my personal contracts with you for
Caustic Soda, one contract -being dated April 15th and the
other June 24th. 1915, covering 1500 and 1,000 tons of Can-
otic Soda respectively, let me say that up to this time 1
have not called on you for any of the Caustic Soda under
those contracts, and have none on hand or stocked up, a8 I
thought you could dispose cT it to groat advantage to your¬
selves.
However, my second plant is nav ready for opera¬
tion, and I will take the Caustic Soda in deliveries as per
I contract, commencing at once. Will you please, theroforo, ba-
1 gin to make regular shipments at your earliest convenience.
^ Lot me say in addition, I hope you can promise mo
. urmt around December or January next you can let me have a
VlittiS" beyond my oontradt requirements.
Yours very truly.
William H. Head owcr oft. Esq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Valley Itond,
Went Orange, H. J.
XSy dear Meadowcroft:-
X see by the newspapers that your establishment^!/
are charged with complicity in the transmission of war material
to Europe. While you deny that this is the case (as reposed)
I should think it would be very good business and I nm writing
you to ask you if you can eive me the names of likely purchasers
of picric and sulphuric acid. Personally I have no scruples
about dealing in war munitions snd am in a position to handle
a large output of both these products if I can get the price.
Can you tell me the best people to tackle here, and
greatly oblige ,
Very sincerely yours,
F. W. Myers & Co.
CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS
Forwarding and IiiHuranr.f
AGENTS
U. S. llON»BI> CAHRI1SHS
Vf, enclose you nn owner'n declaration for th« benzol
that was imp or tea In oar 020, the involoe value #lr«» *bb
®t now appears that the question of value has arisen
with the customs at this port, and we understand they elaim
it is a case of undervaluation, that the prioe as stateq in
the enclosed is not the aotual Canadian marlcet value.
Any information that you ean furnish us with at onoe,
that is either the original or copies of the invoices you are
receiving from the Dominion iron & Steel Co., would assist ub
in establishing, to the satisfaction of the customs at this port
that the price as shown on the enclosed is the aotual prioe
that your company paid for seme, and endeavor to avoid any
delay or the oar at this port.
your attention by return Ball will oblige,
1 Sears, Roebuck and Co.
llKl'AHTMKNT 273
ik'moi'.vtino lOlfi'lOSG SOUTH SPAULDING AVENUE
CHICAGO,ILL.
August 17 th, 191^
"Tuesday" ^ * .
,/V V*'
V/e have been advised that you
are making or are about to make certain’
anilineB and v/e v/ill he glad to have you
advise us what you have to offer. We
use large quantities anually in the man¬
ufacture of colors for our wall PaPe];
printing and the mills that furnish us
with certain of our products are ..Iso
large consumers for our account.
We would he willing to contract,
over a reasonable period of time, for any
of your products that v/e could use ana v/e
would like to have the opportunity of
sending our chemist, who is thoroughly
conversant with our needs, to go over the
matter with you at your earliest comen-,
ience. In any event, v/e will appreciate
a reply from you giving the situation at
the present time.
Very t:
I
1
'NValA.Kkau .t Co.
August 17, 1915.
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“• !i~a°"“rf%Ln-K~ ;Jr-\ c°"'
ly Telephone conversatijon with ... ^
Bear l.Ir
Confirming my Tele pi
you this morning, I ‘
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quantity of from 600 to 650 gall«Ws of pure benzol C-~p
per day for sale. This benzol is of the same quality \
as that which we have sold you formerly.
I am offering this benzol for Mr . Edison* s
consideration before I do anything further about sell¬
ing it.
Please call me on the telephone if Mr. Edison
is interested, and I shall be guided by his advice, as X
have been in the past.
With kind personal regards, I am,
Yours very truly,
I
Wm. H. Meadowcraft, Esq., **"
Assistant to l’homas A. Edison, r,sq..
Orange, H. J.
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Aug. 17, 1915.
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Replying to your favor of the 16th inet. *y * fr \
We are pleased to learn that you are readyv|o tjake
deliveriee of Cauetio Soda on the contracts mention^ in ^
letter. —
Thoee oontraote, ae you Know, cover monthly deliveriee
of 125 tone, and 100 tone reepeotively. and ae there ie only about
of the month of Auguet left we preeume for ehipment between now
and Sept, let you would retire eay 63 tone, on aooount of oontraot
dated Apr. 16, and 50 tone on aooount of oontraot dated June 24th.
and thereafter fill shipments each month of 125 tone and 100 tone
reepeotively.
lf this he your decree, and you will kindly eend ue by
return mail full ehipping inetruotione we will begin deliveriee at
the earlieet opportunity, but ae our obligation Hot le eo heavy
jfor the current month, it would be «*«' an accommodation if you
Luld permit ue to etart making ehipmente the beginning of September,
kowever, whatever your recrements may be we will endeavor to
Lm> OVt uk*
j Yours truly, «£*** navi'*#'* ^
I WING & B7ANS^C< tn^w^ Atrurt*
August
Itith. 1015.
Hr. C. ?. Poth , Manager ,
National '^position of Chemical Industries,
II 271 Orand Central Palace,
Hew York City .
Dear Sir:
Your’ favor of the 12th instant to
Sir. Edison has teen received, and ho requests
mo to say that hev.ou.ld like to make an ex¬
hibit. i7ill you kindly favor- me with full
particulars how to arrange for this.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Ur. Edison.
August 10th. 1915
Wilson-I-'.aeulen Company,
1 Oast 42nd Street,
Kaw York City.
Gentlemen:
I am in receipt of ycur favor of
the tenth instant, which has had my careful
attention.
I will trust entirely to your Judg¬
ment to give us the best and most reliable
Pyods for our work. Will you please go ahead
and make two more for our second kettle. Wo
may require them in fifteen days.
Yours ver;- truly,
August IS til. 1915.
ding & ’’.vans.,
22 IV 1111am Street,
IJow York City.
Gentlemen:
I am In reeoipt of your favor of thel7th Instant, con¬
tents of which have hion carefully noted.
I would vary muoh like to aocommodato you hy permit¬
ting yon to commoner shipments at. the beginning of September,
hut I am ohligad to leave about eighty-five (85) tons ho two an now
and Soptarabor first, as wo wars ohligad to borrow some from our
other plant . I shall be vary much obliged If you will kindly tako
oara of mo by shipping this eighty- five (85) tons at your earliest
possible convenience.
Commencing Sept amber first, 1 will ask you to kindly
commence shipments of the full quantity of 125 and 100 tons par
month respectively on my two contracts with you.
Yours very truly,
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RECEIVED AT
23 8 MAIN ST.
87 NY GC 7 2 ORANGE, N. J.
SYDNEY NS AUG 13 1915
T A EDISON, ORANGE Nd
LAST CAR BENZOL SHIPPED TO YOU HAS BEEN HELD AT ROUSESPOJNT QUE
STATION BEING. ASKEO AS TO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRICE AT WHICH BENZOL
' INJ/flSCED TO YOU AND SPOT PRICE WHICH MATTER AS EXPLAINED TO AMERICAN
CONSUL HERE HAS BEEN JOUSTIFIED AS' BETWEEN A THREE YEAR CONTRACT
AND SPOT SALES STOP WE HAVE REQUESTED OUR MONTREAL OFFICE COMMUNICATE
WITH MYERS AT ROUSES POINT AND WOULD SOLICIT YOUR GOOD OFFICES
IN CONNECTION WITH CAR BEING RELEASED.
DOMINION IRON AND STEEL CO
512PM
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■Replying to your favor_o<Fi
shipping you about 85 tone pri artAjjggfi
shipments with the full mon thly^tiartil'ti ■
VLe>rtll.- instruct f
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e shipments of Causti’o Sada-'SS^qn^'aB'ptaa^^a^.
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shipments with the full monthly
respectively on your two contract
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simply have the goods consigned toTTK^^^liw'e on", Orange, H. J. ,
and in shipping will send the quaYi^^bf^^at.^,^J?apr«eentgd-"-by^the;|
/Sample lot of 10 drums which were forwarded -in-^ar^Ro^ 34,841
D.L. & W.* marked Special 76%, and oonsigne^to Thos. AHyZilgony Ino,,
as we understand not having heard from yo/'t oTtfie^Sontr th^ this
Speoial 76% artiole will meet with your /re quit emente,/ and/if this be
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August 20th. 1915.
Mr. 3. H. Plummer,
King's P.oad,
Sydney, Capo Breton,
Canada .
Boar tlr. Plummer:
I have received your favor of the
12th inBtant, also one from the Toronto
Chemical Company, and into samples of the
C. P. Benzol therein referred to. I havo
had these samples t-'stad and find that they
are both first class . - C. P. Benzol.
I am not prepared to make you an
offer for the 6,000 gallons for the reason that
I can just nicely pull through with the Benzol
X an receiving from you together with that
coming from my own plants. Of course, I shall
appreciate your getting back to the full contract
shipments to me from Sydney as early as possible.
I have taken thci liberty of oalling
the attention of some friends of ours to this
6,000 gallons of Benzol at Sault Ste. .v.arie.
I refer to the American Oil & Supply Company of
H iwark, H. J., who* will probably communicate with
you in regard to it, as they are in the market
for pure Benzol.
Yours very truly,
America 1'ai*i:h .VMiPiiu'AssocLmoN
JtarYom^ August SO, 1915
Hr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange,
New Jersey-
Referring to your letter of April 12th, copy
attached, will you kindly advise v;hat further, if anything,
has been accomplished with regard to the dye situation.
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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
COPY
Thomas A. Edison, Orange, N. .T.
April 13th, 1915
American Paper and Pulp Association,
18 East 41s St,
New York City
Gentlemen :~
O' am in receipt of your favor of the 8th inst and
beg to say in reply that I am building a plant to make the basic
materials for dyes such as, for instance, Nitrobenzol, Aniline
Oil, Paranitraniline, Par aphenylenedi amine, Acetanilid, Dipheny-
lamine and Carbolic Acid.
Hany of these materials, in conjunction with others,
are used by Dyers to produce colors in their vats. Blacks and
browns are made with Aniline Oil, Chlorate of Soda or Chorate
of Potash and an Acid. Fast reds are made with Beta Naphthol
and Paranitraniline. 7. may fix up apparatus to make a blue.
X think there are a number of people intending to start
soon to use these basic materials to make a line of dyes.
Yours very truly.
Thoa. A. Edison
THOS A EDISON ORANGE Nd . '
FURTHER OUR TELEGRAM REFERENCE DETENTION K.L T. CAR FIVE HUNDRED
TWENTY ROUSES POINT OUR REPRESENTATIVE THERE YESTERDAY ADVISES
CAR HAS BEEN FORMALLY SEIZED AND COLLECTOR AT THAT POINT DEMANDS
DUEY BE PAID AT THE RATE OF FIVE PER CENT ON ESTIMATED VALUE OF
FIFTY NINE, AND ONE HALF CENTS PER GALLON 'FOB SYDNEY PLUS SEVENTY
FIVE PERCENT OF THE APPRAISED VALUE AS A P6AWALT¥ PENALTY PRESID¬
ENT ON THE WAY TO MONTREAL MEANTIME WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ACTION
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE PLEaoc nUVISE PROMPTLY.
DOMINION IRON AND STEEL CO
350A
dominion Iron & Stool Co.,
Sydney, N. S.
We mailed last night to I. I. Myers & Co. Bouses Point,
copy invoice and also copy of our contract with yop show¬
ing price is based on three year arrangement. I hope thi
will fix the matter.
THOMAS A. EDISON."
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ELECTROCUTE,
• C.H. La FLAM BOY, Treas.
Commercial Acid Company
Chemical Manufactn re rs .
FACTORIKS :
,f)ms,tr,7,s. SuTiOms.Mo. li£Xi«uc.v>rA,ltoc.
A V/ VR13 HO USE :
St.TjOijis.Mo.
DRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO
DuxgakAvenue,
ST. XiOXJIS, MO.
GLAUBER'S SALT.
Mr. Wm. H. Meadowcraft,
o/o laboratory of fhos. A. Edison,
Orange, B.J.
Dear Sir: —
We acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 19th inst.,
and in reply to same will say that we have no Acid to offer at the
present time, as our entire output is sold.
We shall have additional oapacity after the first of Janu¬
ary, but presume that will be too late for your pusposes.
Regretting our inability to make you an offer and thanking
you for the inquiry, we beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
COMMERCIAD ACID COMPAlfY.
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LANCASTER CHEMICAL COMPANY
SULPHURIC ACID
AND COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS
Gentlemen: -your favor of the 19th Inst* received*
Wecaean furnish you with several tank care; of.' Chamber aulnhuric;
Acid during the remainder of this-, year and take pleasure in
naming you a price of §10*00 per ton of 2000 lbs* f.O.b. our
tank cars, at Perryville,. lid. We cannot give you the freight. rat«
to Silver Lake N.J. but will secure it. from the agent at Perry-
villa and advise you if our quotation is interesting. We have a
rate of §1*26. Per 2000 lbs* to Camden, N.J.
Awaiting your reply we remain
LANCASTER CflEMICAl/CO.,
Per Aw$7'f','£'(/S PreB,
The above price is basis 50Degrees Bau^s
to55I)egree strength.
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THOS A EDISON
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DOCUMENTS FOR BENZOL AT HAND CAR HELD BY CUSTOMS UNDER VALUATION.
OUR .J R MYERS, AT HOTEL BELMONT NEWYORK TODAY INVEST IGAJJ-NG MATTER
F W MYERS AND CO _ _
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win* Tclc*ram, .ubject lotto term. AUgUSt 23, 1915.
Birmingham, Ala.
T. A. Bdison
MitBui wants information about oost and operation
your Benzol Jgi&nt an/ ours./ Is agrej^fele to you.
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yjrmS,dfo/V'}</,,y. iiisust 23rd, 1918.
Themes A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, I!. J., U. S.
Beer Sir:-
\Te heg to confirm or
the detention of tank cer #520,
Houses Point .
A.
ir telegram to
containing Ben
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:cnnect ion
you, at
with
i7e ere at a loss to understand why there should have
been any change in the regulations which results in this cer being
entered for duty at Houses point instead of going through as in case
of past shipments. Immediately we were notified that this car
hod been heia up at Houses Point we sent one of our representatives
from Montreal and we have advice from him now that the car has been
formally seized and will be held pending payment on our pert in
ezeess of £10,000.00. This amount is arrived at by the Benzol
being valued for duty at 59& cents a gallon, and the Customs demands
a deposit of the full value of the car, roughly $5700.00, plus the
duty at 5 por cent and plii3 the penalty of 7 5$ of the assessed value
of the oar. Fortunately Ur. Plummer, who left here Friday evening,
is in Montreal this morning and we have transmitted the various
messages we have received in connection with thiB car to him.
',7e now have your telegram to the effect that you have
forwarded to the Collector at Houses Point copy of invoices and
contract showing the same to be for three years end that you hope this
will fix up the whole matter. I sincerely hope so, end can only
T. A. Edison. Esq,
Aug. 23.1915.
.CONTINUATION OF LETTER T<
soy thst v/e hove already represented tc the Collector ot Rouses
Point this information.
'.7hen some of the earlier shipments of Benzol were mode to
you the .American Consul here raised the question of the difference
in price between our invoice tc you snd our invoices tc other concerns
in the United States. In one esse your invoice was 25 cents per
gallon and in another case the price was 75 cents, hut we showed the
American Consul the documents constituting the contract end he
reported to the Collector at new fork, who was evidently quite
satisfied until this lest shipment which is now held up.
In the meantime we are not shipping any further Benzol
to you until this matter is adjusted.
Yours faithfully.
THE AMERICAN DYNALITE CO.
manufacturers
X AMHERST, OHIO 3/on/15
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Thomas A. Ellison, A \^Ti \
„„nK., «• *• ^
Dear Sir: qJU*>
ffe are in receipt of your esteemed
favor of the IBth . and in o«£^o--f
ZoTlT ^iSi-ii^fS’^r -cn^ypi^ which
you state you do not **TC Tj%
Wothoughtl perhaps y«Ajl>«d "'V ^
*»■ mr“S°OT..iwe?‘“ ^nSg’crM, K.phtl.fi™
toJhave you^aUej.s^oPricCaOn th^^ ^ & gmnple, if^
! •
nulntitv^which vou produce and sending
q^nSS to disposed your Naphthalene
attention in this matt*
very kindly for your
remain ,
yours truly.
THE AMERICAN DYNALITE CO.,
1 \ v> p> & Gen. Mgr.
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8-24-15.
Commcroial Acid Company,
39-43 Duncan Avenue,
St. Louis, Missouri.
Gentlemen:-
Your favor of the 21st
inst. has been received and laid before Hr. Edison.
He regrets to learn you
have no chamber acid to offer at the present tine.
As to next year, he wishes
me to say that bewill want mixed acids, 98$ acid and
oleum. He is now using 350 tons of mixed acids,
200 tons of oleum and 400 tons of 98$ monthly.
■fours very truly.
Asst, to Mr. Edison.
Will arrive in .-last on Thursday night. Will
come' to Orango Fri«day.
W.H. Mason.
JcUzccU U*uf cc*t±c'i.^ <fc 7*'**-
I tWf^ /<U h-Uj^h cm- (t* M-tUn* y«€ttoC *< tv*<3)ton w.
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i>tattl?g inggett
(Ealm-0, (Eljinnicala, (Oils auft JRitttral |lniimrta
OO John and 11-18 Cijkk Streets sit.ciai, co>
NEW YOllK 8/25/l5>
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, H. J.
Dear Sir:
Confirming phone conversation had with your Mr.
Meadowcroft this A. M. tomorrow morning I expect to he
in position to make you a firm proposition on 200 tons of
66° Sulphuric Acid per month February , 1916 to February,
1917 inclusive and probably a like quantity of 42° Hitric
Acid.
Please inform me in event of my seouring you
a supply of these Acids if you will furnish me with Aniline
Oil on the basiB talked about this morning or better.
LANCASTER CHEMICAL COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
SULPHURIC ACID
AND COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS
LANCASTER, PA.. August 25 , 1915*
Mr. Thomas A. Edison*
Orange, N.J.
Bear Sir:—
Tour favor of the 24-th inot., reoeived. We have
made a number of determination recently for arsenic with the
result, that regular chamber Acid contained .005 per-cent of
Arsenic. At the time these analysis were made, we were burn¬
ing Pyrites, that contained .19 per-cent of Arsenic. We
are now burning Pyrites, that contain .1 per-cent. So
nur present analysis should show about one-half as much arsenic. .
We have not recently made a determination of Nitrous; Acid, as
neither our customers nor our own use was influenced by an
excess of it. We are operating at a minimum of Nitrate of
Soda, as a result of which theynshould be.no excess of
Nitrous Acid. Should you deem it advisable,, we can forward
you a sample for your own determination.
Awaiting your reply, we beg to remain,
Bict ABH/BE
Tours very truly,
The Laneast^ptjhemip’al Co.,
BT.
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PARFUMERIE MARIE ANTOINETTE.
JL. Pierre laUtgn^^
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MANUFACTURER
“TOILET REQUISITES OF QUALITY”
Zenith Coke Works. ^ J
Duluth, Minn. u^oiu.
Gentlemen! /
Prom a report on theUituatidn of dyestuffs issued from the
Department of Commerce at Wash. D. C. I hav^'learned that you are manuf¬
acturing coal tar^and I wish to ask you if ,<you axe. in a position to
supply me with the following, and if so please state prio'e.
Pafaphenile^pjtaxido^enel Chlorate, Hethol,
Monoamdphenylomine .
I will appreciate as a favor to get a sample from you, and
an answer hy return. ..
• Respectfully yours, '
^/PIUPE VADLIGHY.
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lJ£ r\\jzJL^o —
Auguat-26-1915.
Sears, Roebuck ana Co.,
'■•'all Paper Mill , Dept. 273,
South Spaulding Avenue,
Chioago, Illinois.
Gentlemen:-
Your favor of the 17th
mat. has been forwarded to the Laboratory and
,ve beg to say in reply that we are not manufactur¬
ing any colors at all. All we manufacture in this
line is aniline oil and aniline salt, out as to
these we are contracted up to the limits of our
plant for the present year.
Thanking you for the in¬
quiry, we remain,
Yours very truly,
Edison Laboratory.
A.H.
August 27th,
Sect!---!-"
iSessrs. Headoyicroff , Harry Killer,
Gallagher, Hs&mott SSTStanbert in conversation
agreed as follows:
That Mr. Keadowcroft would write a
letter to too »™S£,“t;faSSfe'lo and
Carbolic and Aniline.
That the present pracUceofpaasing
Mils directly to «. Mte ”St.St“^S..s
and that in future ^^^^fentering into the
of Benzole oroto ^Aniline would be directed
manufacture of the Purchasing Department,
hy whomsoever received 1.0 ^ne £ bagis 0f the
-^‘“SfS'SK JStffJK. Plante concerned
in same.
It is felt by all those Present at thi s
discussion that the delays which !
occurred in^connection^with duly bills will be remedied ■
in the future. >
Iff^^pagineer ,
Forbhe Meeting.
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O.C. for Messrs. Learning, Cheshire, opaylM and 1 — e
L w CydJ'* '*' j;£ ^ - k> • y
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NEW YORK 8/27/15.
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Mr. Thomas A. 3d is on, n ^CA ^
‘ V>viW/
Confirming phone chat had with your Mr. Headers ft
one of my friends have 2000 carboys of 66° SulphiJi^tcid / ^
spot and near future deliveries whicfc they are aeSirous /
of trading on the basis of $80. 00 per ton f.o.b. shipping
point for Phenol. Does this interest you and what price
figure mentioned?
1 Also have for sale four carLoadsof 42° Nitric
Acid in carboys which I can offer you spot delivery, if
unsold, at 10 4 per pound f.o.b. Springfield, H. J- Would
you care to take advantage of this offer and oblige
Re speot fully yours.
SD/RGB
,J. P. MORGAN & COMPANY
EXPORT DEPARTMENT
23 WALL STREET
York, August 27, 1915.
C. H. Meadoworoft, Esq.,
care Thomas A. Edison,
ORANGE, N. J.
My dear Mr. Meadoworoft:
Will yon he kind enough to ad¬
vise me at your convenience of the situation
of the contract for TOLUOL?
We should like to have such
information as you can give indicating the
amount which you will be in position to
deliver from now on.
3-75 PITTS STREET
Boston, Mass.
August 27, 1915.
5 oJr 'k s » #£-cCZa2
U«*jf
Thomas A* Edison, -fne* , r ^
Laboratory# U/4* ** . . 4 _ -n. L L*
Orange, N. J./ <£eW,£*W'
^ ^.(s auwtj L -r w a.
_ , i when we, may oxpect-/ — ’
ex toA^-fejeV
remittance to cover the Phefql and Benzol lappa r a- f t (
'—( 1 -
onsid-
Gontlemcn:- ' \^L^V.
Will you kindly advise when
tus shipped in May and June;
As you will note, these arc noi
erahly past due, and if you could arrange
us have a check within the next few days,
he greatly appreciated. _/
Yours very truly.
F. W. Myers & Co.
CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS
Jr. 'S^.-Aug. 2 V, 191b
Hr. Ihonua A. Edisc
enclosing declarations of purchaser in connection v;ith two
importations of toenaalj these declarations are required to
to, filed with the Collector at thin port to cancel a bond
which <va cava for -avoir production, and the filing of name
will, in no way, prejudice the reappraisement case now pending.
in order that you may understand the lav; with regard
to dutiable value, we ore sending you, under separate coyer,
a copy of tJ. 6. Customs tariff and call your attention to
Section 111 page 124, which contains the administrative pro¬
visions of the tariff Aot, and if you v/ill read carefully
par. X, -you will understand that you have a perfect right to
import nerohandioe at the price actually paid for same, and
that at the time entry in wade additions to the cost, or
purchase prie*, Riven in the invoice, may toe made to raise
the value to the actual market value, or wholesale price.
When v/o ruvke any future entries for you, we will
certify that the entered value is higher than the foreign
market value, anu that the goods are so enterKd in order
a1. A. E. #2
to meet advances by the Appraiser in a similar case nov? pending
on appeal for reappruineuont, and if our contentions shall
subsequently be sustained on reappraisement, and it shall
appear tliat our action on entry was token in good faith,
after due diligence and inquiry, the Secretary of the Treasury
may direct a reliquidution of the entry, assessing duty on
the original invoice value, but if our contention is not
sustained in full, it is the practice of the Department to
decline co reliquidute such entries and duty is assessed on
the entered value, but no penalties are assessed.
prom the foregoing, you will see there is no reason
why you should nos continue to import benzol, and you may
direct she Dominion Iron & Steel Co. to continue to invoice
the shipments according tu your contract, and when the ship¬
ments reach us, you nay depend upon our giving the natter our
particular attention mid see that the entries are properly
filed, mailing the necessary additions to meet the advance
by the Laaal Appraiser.
It might be well for you to communicate with the
Dominion Iron & Steel Co. and instruct them to see that all
future shipments are routed via Rouses Point so that they
will be :iandl«d by us, and should you have occasion to route
your shipments via another port, you should take the matter
up with the Custom Agent at such port and inBtruot him to
make additions on entry to the invoioe value to meet advances
by the Local Appraiser on a case now pending.
It night also be well for you to keep in close
touch with die narfliet value of benzol, and should there be
any advance in the selling price of benzol in the United States
immediately advise us ho that we may make our additions
T. A. E. #3
correctly.
JHW
Commercial Aero Company
Ghexnic ol Manuf octu re rs .
ISast ST.Loms,Ii.r
EACTOHIES :
i< St.Louis.Mo. Tijxahic.
vsykehottsk:
ST.Loms.Mo.
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CAUSTIC SODA,
NITRATE OR SOD
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ST.LOUIS.JIO. 8/28/15
The Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, K. J.
Dear Sir:
Replying to Hr. Headowcroft ' a letter of the
24th inBt. we beg to advise that v:e have r.o Sulphuric
Aoid to offer for delivery over next year.
If you will kindly give us the percentages of nitric
and Sulphuric Acid and other specifications covering the
Mixed Acids that yon require we shall be very glad to advise
you relative to our ability to furnish the same, and our price
if we can do so.
Very truly yours,
COMMERCIAL AC TL CO.
VIIO./MPD
August 30th, 1915,
Commercial Acid Co.
39 Duncan Avenue,
St. Louis, Mo.
Gentleman-. -
I am In receipt of your favor of
the 28th instant and hog to say that the pro¬
portions of my mixed aoids are -
59.00 <f> H2 S04
26.27 % HKO3
I expect to use 275 tons a month
throughout next year.
I should he glad to have you wire
me a proposition.
Yours very truly,
American Oil & Supply Co., covering
our requirements tip to December 31,1915, at 71j/i per 100 lbs.,
delivery at the rate of four cars per month,- delivery not to
exceed 250 tons per month except at seller's option. Delivery
P.O.E. Silver lake.
Grasselli Chemical Co., 4,000 tons, de¬
livery commencing I.Iay,1915 and ending December ,1916. Delivery
at the rate of four cars nor month, not to exceed 200 tons.
Price v 1.50 per 100 lbs.~P.0.B. Grasselli, H.J.
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1915. Chemicals (E-15-18)
September
September 1
1015
Pasquotank Hosiery Company,
Elizabeth City,
S. C.
Gentlemen
I am in receipt of year favor of the
26th ultimo in rs.3r.rS to Aniline Oil. Sot mo nay in
reply that X am nil contracted up to the limit of my
production until the. end of the present year, and there¬
fore an unable to make you any quotations.
A3 to dying black with Aniline Oil, I
do not know the formula. If you take the Oil ana add
Hydraohlorio Aoia, this turns the oil into salt, tnen
hy adding an exoess of acid anS Chlorate of Potash or
Soda you mate Aniline Black.
If you write to J5. Van Noftrr.nd 8. Co. ,
Booksellers, New York ana ask for latest work on dying,
especially containing instructions for dying blaok with
Aniline Oil. I think they would likely send you a hook
that would have the formula.
Yours very truly.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, H. J.
Dear Sir:
JiP%* . . . .
Sept. 1. ISIS- \
tuft
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We are in receipt letter of theSnhult.and4- ^
Ssrszszs srss m a
^monthly. your8 very truly
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TIfE cjjFFORD & UWTON PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE TI1E UPUOLSTERE11, THE AMERICAN SILK JOURNAL, TI1E UCE AND
EMBROIDERY REVIEW
ClilFFOKD & LAAVTON,i>
378 FOURTH AVENUE
NEW YORK
Sept. 1, 1915
jJL ^
aJn-
Qi^b- fi-=
;rccting n plant for
Thomas Edison, Inc.
Gentlemen:
We understand you ^intend <
the manufacture or dyes. If you would he so kind as to
furnish ns with full details concerning this matter it
loUvU GrvwvWv' f .. t"
w on Id he appreciated. ^ fWn-O.'i-S ««■>»•*■
f\. 1
We would especially lilg, tojhav
' ioptr^ nn( regard-^.
LI he mala, af ter •
Irlvwcj t-rrur*^ A-d ^ '0 (5>lC-l (
is over to prevent, the American market from he- s ft
LUtwrl t w? -6 ^
ing again flooded hy material so cheap as t<p prohibit
L O-o-V (iiwl (Luxi <••«* lu>
home competition with ll^n J&JJSESp ^
that this subject has a direct bfcaring^on the proposed
fO-Q'G* ”
erection of your dye plant. ^ 71 v
Trusting that you will he J?ind ertough to favor ufe with
the .reiluired information, ire’ remain l.
v . ' .• • ^o\yS^vcry truly,
? V/ ' ' |VOME^*S'AND infants' furnisher
! . - ^'T,er
Editorial Department
September 2nd 19X5 .
Mr. W. H. Meadowcroft:
bails: report
KEC 467 On Hand empty at Joimstown, Pa.
KTX 468 On Hand at Silver Lake
KEX 519 At Sydney, H.S.
" 520 En Houte
" 521 Forwarded empty to Sydney ,11. S.
" 522 On Hand at Sydney, H.S.
" 655 Forwarded empty to Woodward , Ala.
" 654 On hand at Silver Lake
" 655 On hand at Silver Lake
GATX 8060 On hand at Silver Lake
" 8061 On hand at Silver Lake
» 8062 Enroute from Hichols, Cal.
" 0063 Forwarded empty to Undercliff,
" 8064 On hand at Silver lake
" 8065 On hand at Silver Lake
vpi X 1427 At Milwaukee, Wisconsin
; " 1456 Arrived at Silver lake, Aug. 31st
Waiting for load.
Loaded with benzole
Waiting for load
Loaded with benzole
August 27th.
Waiting for load
August 27th
Loaded with benzole
Loaded with benzole
Loaded with acid
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ST LOUIS MO. SEPT 2ND-1915,.
CARE THOMAS. A. ED I SON,. ORANGE N.J.
YOUR LETTER THIRTIETH RECD OUR REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE IN NY;.
SATURDAY MORNING AT BELMONT HQTEL WILL CALL YOU UP IN
REGARD TO ACID SUPPLY IT IS PROBABLY THAT WE CAN SUPPLY
MOU BOTH MIXED ACID AND SULPHURIC ACID TO THE
EXTENT OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS,.
from you, as to when you- will ship the balance
due us.
We have explained our position as
regards this article in numerous letters, and
you must admit we have been very lenient in our
demands.
We have reason to believe that you
have shipped to others, letting ue hold the tag
here and try to satisfy our customers the best
we know how. This condition cannot continue in¬
definitely, and we are, therefore, telegraphing
yous
’you are short in shipments of Phenol to
us under our contract with you about
five thousand pounds. We have orders wait¬
ing and unless you make shipments prompt¬
ly we will feel compelled to buy on open
market against contraot and charge you with
difference. Telegraph quickly what you will
do".
If we do not hear from you in due oourse,
Messrs. Thomas A. EdiBon, Inc.
9/2/15 No. 2.
we will go ahead and try to buy such quantities
as. .we actually require up to the quantity you owt
us under our contract.
We would much regret to be compelled
to do this, but your ignoring of our letters on
short deliveries leaves us no alternative.
Yours very truly,
MOHSANTOj0HEMIOA^WORKS .
q/t
pres't .
September 3,
1916
Mr. Stanley Doggett,
99 John and 11-13 Cliff St a. ,
New York.
Dear Slr:-
I omitted to tell you in our tele¬
phone conversation that Mr. Edison said in reply to
your favor of the 27th ultimo that he haa no Carbolio
Aoid that he is free to trade for Sulphurio Aoid. Every
pound is oontraoted far up to Deoember 31st , and some
beyond that.
As to spot Nitrio Aoid, Mr. Edison
said that he was not interested as his requirements were
all provided for up to the end of the year.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
September 3, 19X5
Mr. Edward E. Stettinlus,
% J. P. Morgan & Company,
, ; 23 Wall Street,
Mew York.
' My dear Mr. Stettinins;
I must ask you to kinaly pardon the
delay in replying to your favor of the 27th ultimo.
X have taken time to investigate the matter, and beg
i to advise you that our Plant at Cambria Steel Company
i, produo es from 90 to 110 gallons of Solnol per day.
j Inasmuch as you rocoive all we make at
{ this Plant, this will give you some indioation as to
I what to eacpeot.
Yours vexy truly.
Assistant to Kr. Edison
We are in receipt of your telegram
readings
"^our wire received. We have not
yet received your check for tal-
anoe referred to in my letter of
August twenty third".
We must confess our surprise at this
reply to our urgent telegram, always Relieving
that there is no trouble whatever in adjusting
any honest differences between two responsible
houses .
Op to this writing we are without any
, . r,™ letter of June 12th and August 27th
onPthis subject* and which we naturally «**
Mct to come along in due course, when any dif-
ferences or misunderstandings can adjusted^
via nm therefore, in order that there may ue
no reasoA Whatever for your refusal to promptly
V remittance of August 21st, i.e. fcio
^telegraphing you:
$/ / "Remitting today one hundred thirty
// / one forty three any differences can
7/ be adjusted later. Will you ship 1*1-
// anoe Phenol due us promptly telegraph
f answer tt «
We now await your further early advices
Pres't.
Ilf*
Thomas A. Edison, Esq., ^ ^ {^u£(*-c«.U*>. •/
East Orange, '( ^
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Dear Hr. Edison: • /t*( £t>(,«.«JJ' *’ J f ’
•I i have your favor of the 26# nit. respecting oar
of Benzol held up at House's point, and am glad to toon that
you have taken the matter of the duty in hand.
a difficult Custom questions arising
under war oonditions and it seems to me the Board of Appraisal
should he urged to take into consideration the differences due
to war time demands. For instance, contracts are, or were,
being made daily for Spot Toluol at $5.00 per gallon and for
one year at #3.00. The material is entering under these
contracts, side ty side, at two different prices. The price
for "Spot" Benzol is higher than for contract material, and
of course a three year oontraot such as yours is entirely
different from a twelve months oontraot.
Y/e will he shipping your Benzol in due course. We
expect very soon now to get up to a reasonable output as our
various additions are all reaohing completion. °
We are being ashed frequently for Aniline Oil. Is
the plant to ma he this expensive or difficult to ereot?
CONTINUATION OF LETTER TO-I—A.
X should he much obliged if you would give me some information
on this point.
Yours faithfully.
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■ON NEW YOlllv
9/3/15
iir. Thomas A. Edison
Orange, N .J .
^ear Sir;
Hosultlng from Intimation given »• «“ your le "
of July E3rd flat you -1* contracting l0' tolli”
Odd over newt year in the nelghtorhood of 55/ per Pound, lathe
fee. of It terns known generally that the G.a.ral Ghe.ie.l
Co. and others are taking e» order, at a... fibres, I have
worked hard to Interest parties 1» future eontr.ots aad as
advised yoa das. .e.k •«« again ‘hi. week, have two parties
in hand one wanting 5 to 7000 poand. per month. the other
6 000 poands per month for twelve month..
I have tee. putting these people off fro. day to
day hoping to r.o.lve y.ar authority to take this ta.in.ae
on understanding you were negotiating for suppdle. of Aold
and enpeoted to ol.ee contras, tor .... «. *» W “ “*
later than the middle of this week.
Ih. parties referred to are getting Impatient and
i fear will ...A *• «»* el"'h0”' U
they do my efforts sill have teen spent for nothing.
Cannot you at lea« authorise me to take on thi
baalness. which 1 - do on the h.sl. of p— *° - °f "*
per poand. which a. ! regard it. is » ektraordlnarUy good
figure considering so many people - 111 «“ ““
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fflolora, ffltettiitalB, ®il« an& fflinreal IJrofmttn
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PlBRSe give this matter your immediate attention
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Wo did not ontor into contract with you on aceommoda-cinc
lines hut on a ■business basis to which you ceuld
held us if we refused deliveries or refused payment wo
depended on you to live up to your aereement for’
deliveries this you have not dene we will aocept immediate
shipment balanoe due' us of suoh quality as you can
supply reserving the ri*ht to file olaim later for cresol
found in phenol and cost of separation or we will
aocept entire balanoe of contract of your quality if shipped
within thirty days to close the whole transaction answer.
Monsanto Chemical Worlcs
American Oil & Supply Co.
Oils, Greases, Acids, Chemicals
52-54-56 Lafayette Street
"NewarK,!*. J.
September 4th, 1916
Subject: Aniline Oil.
Ur. Th08. A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Uy dear Mr. Edison:
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is this:-
manufacture^of^Dimethyl^Anil^net^Of^cours^ a^the^raanuf acture6
of this material i e new to them it will until
plant investment and they will in hand> -mey expect to
they have contracts for _?* neoDie three of whom they
SrfSfd£^
?? practically your output for the coning year.
I write you thus fully to show you *»*«“*•_ ^
more than a prospective !v oi two
before* di eposing^of *y our* output^ » ioohs to me
very much as though they shall want your oil.
_and oblige,
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, N.J. Subject:: Glacial Acetic Acid.
My dear Mr. Edison:-
I left with Mr. Meadowcroft this morning a contract
for your Glacial Acetic Acid for the balance of the year.
I felt very cheaply indeed when X discovered the
other day that Meadowcroft had a price lower than this and
while I was not in any way guilty at all of, putting one over
on you, or trying to, the thought occurred to me as to whether
one had not been put over on me. I started in to investigate
and find the facts to be about as follows
The largest manufacturers of Glacial Acetic Acid
are the Cleveland Cliff people of Cleveland. Eor many months
past they have stopped the manufacture of Glacial Acetic
entirely" and have taken on large war contracts. This has
thrown the entire demand for Glacial on three manufacturers
in this country, of whom the General are the largest.
The people from whom Mr. Meadowcroft bought, I find
bought a carload from the General at 15£. They have since
tried to buy more and cannot get any because of the terrific
shortage and the General has hardly enough to go round to
take care of their own interests.
I write you on this subject for the reason that
I felt very meanly about it, and I do not want you to think
that I am trying to put one over on you and above everything
else, I want your good will and your confidence.
Yours sincerely,
September 7, 1915.
Mr. Edison:
The Monsanto Chemical Works is in a strong position legally
and we should do well to avoid litigation with them. I suggest sending
the following telegram in order to shut them off from any claims for
redistillation or separation:
"Monsanto Chemical Works,
St. Louis, Missouri.
if l£~
T/e are willing to resume shipments at once of material
specified in our contraot hut will not allow any
claim for cost of redistillation or separation. We
use best benzol procurable and our product now comes
close to melting point 40.
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Sept. 7 Mi. 1915.
Gontlemen:
You x favor of the fourth Instant has been received.
}.!r. Edison assumes that the settlement you speah of is in re¬
gard to the two Carbolic Acid Stills. He wishes me to say to
you that this matter will require some adjustment before final
sottlomont can be arrived at. She Stills wore all wrong and a
great deal of work had to bo done, parts taken away and new
parts inserted before we could *o* with them. We were veey
greatly delayed in getting- them into service.
We are ready at anytime to take this matter up with
you and arrive at some adjustment of the account .
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
September 7, 1915
Swiss Colours Company,
15 East Twelfth Street,
Hew York.
Sent la men:
Referring to your favor of the
23rd ultimo, in regard to Paraphynelenediamine , we
beg to say that our new Plant for making this materiel
is pretty near ready to go into operation. We have
had some trouble It getting certain special machinery
that we needed, but we hope before long to be in posi¬
tion to put a moderate quantity of this material on the
market.
Yours very truly,
Edison laboratory.
cp^' New York, September 7, 1915. ^
Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Orange , N . J .
We beg to confirm the conversation
over the phone to-day with the undersigned And
Mr. Meadowcroft, in which he repeated a
telegram sent to St. Louis to-day as follows:
"We are willing to resume shipments at
onoe of materials specified in our contract
hut will not allow any claims for cost of
redistillation or separation. Will use best
Benzol procurable and our product now comes
close to forty" .
We agree to accept Phenol of above
description on terms indicated and with an
additional cost of X/Zi per pound to cover
cost of galvanized iron drums, which you
propose using hereafter in shipments to us
which are not returnable.
We understand that you will ship us
to St. Louis 2000 lbs. to-morrow and an additional
1000 or 2000 rbse at the end of this week ana ■mvimTi+'i v
we presume that you will follow up these shipments prompt y
with further quantities until you have shipped
us the quantity due us on our contract.
We are glad indeed that
has been amicably adjusted and we hope there will
be no cause for further complain by either oi us.
Very//Kriily yours,
MONSANTC^IIEMICAhj^fyUKS
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Sept . 3.0th. 1915.
Mr. J. H. Plummer, Pres.,
Dominion Iron & Steel Co.,
Sydney, IT. S.
Dear Mr. Plummer:
I duly recoived your favor
of the third instant, contents of which were
noted wi th interest. I have forwarded a copy
to F. 'll. Myers ?c Co., at Rouses Point for
their consideration. 1 do not anticipate any
more trouble on future shipments of Benzol if
they are routed via Bouses Point. Please have-
your pooplo lose no time in making my regular
shipment s .
In reply to your quostion I
would say that an Aniline Plant is not an ex¬
pensive matter, nor difficult to ereot.
Youtb very truly.
Sept. 10th. 1915.
Woman's and Infants' Pun. i she r.
375 fourth Avenue ,
Haw York City.
Gentleman:
I am in receipt ctf your favpr of
the first instant, ana hog to say in reply
that I make only Aniline Oil, Aniline Salt,
Hitrohonzol, Taraphenylene a lamina , ana pure
Carbolic Acid.
I think that Congress may pass a
hill giving special protection to American
Dye works now erected or contemplated so aB
to prevent their bankruptcy at the end of the
War, hut there is no certainty of this, hence
the shortage of dyes.
Yours very truly.
CM1CAG0 September loth, 1915
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orange, ' \ ‘'A } 0 c+
New Jersey. ^ \J ft! J / k(c£ te* <3Mr *• a C
near sir: u ''' L *
‘'fate are In a position Ito flanufapture
U. S. p\ Gtarbolio Acid in crystalevas we) are now
producing Benzol in large quant it iesand could
make it into Carbolic Acid by- installing the nec
essary tankage and equipment. We could not do
this immediately, but if we find sufficient en¬
couragement in the demand and in the price, we
could probably commence to furnish this material
•by about the first of the year.
We are only interested in a comparatively
large demand as it would not be worth our while to
make the investment unless we were assured of an
output to the extent of, we will say, from 300 to
400 tons per month.
If vou are interested in securing a supply,
we shall be pleased to be advised of your approxi¬
mate monthly requirements and at about vhat price
basis you would be willing to consider arranging
for yoS requirements for the whole of next year.
Shipment could be made in bulk or in drums.
Awaiting your prompt answer,
t
Yours very truly,
INLAND STEEL COMPANY.
Vice president
G;H..Tones-M
Sop' . 11th. 1915.
G anti omen:
Itaforriug to tho call which your Mr. Hollander made
on me on Friday of'last week, he asked during our conversation
"nether wo v/ould supply yor "'r +v-’ m,'"r'1r'C! rann
! do not have
a v/1 th one of the muscles such
our men use. "i have asked Mr. "dinon about this, and ha says
there will ho no objection. The nr dinar;
sponges, hilt v/o add sponges and have them stitcned m, and tnoso
sponges are to he kept moist when the mus3lo_ is worn, lx you
wish to havo one or two of those 1 willhave then made up by
the same man who nukes them u;; for Mr. di -on. 1 do not know
just what they cost, cut it certainly cannot he- very much.
I am sorry to ho obliged to report to you that there
does not s.iom to he any probability of our being able to let you
have any more Parap ho nyl am d. i am in e for tho irnm-
Chore iB one part of c
idiato present,
iratus that broke down, as I told
3 cannot obtain
you, and we immediately ordered a new maohine.
dolivory -of this for tv/o weeks more, but as soon as that is re-
ooivod we expect to go right along and manufactur regularly,
shall lot you know. inns d lately when can supply you.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr, i'.dison.
(ftalara, (Elmnirals, ©Uh mb ftittentl ^roiutris
99 John and 11-18 Ci.tvt Streets spscai. c<
Mr. Thomas A. Edison
Orange, II. J.
NEW YORK 9/u/16i
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Please note in connection with contract made with
the Firestone Tire « Rubber Co. for Aniline Oil that ex¬
clusive of shipment made yesterday yon are 20,000 pounds be¬
hind in scheduled deliveries and in connection with Millville
Mfg. company 18,000 poundB behind. In connection with Fiske
contract 1520 pounds behind and on Morgan ?: Wright's 1284
pounds behind.
The Firestone Tire a Rubber Co. and the Millville
Mfg. co. are seriously explaining about not receiving sufficient
material to keep their plant, or department in connection with
which Aniline Oiftfc.used. in full operation causing laying off
of help, loss of money 'and considerable annoyance and inconven-
ience. ....
I wish you would make a speciai'-Wfort to catch up u&G
scheduled deliveries to Millville Co. and Fifestone Tire * Rubber
Company, also clean up the Fiske & Morgan & Wright orders.
Awaiting to learn from you what relief I can promise
(ttolors, (Eljemicala, ©ila atti> UJmaral pn&nrta
99 John and 11-18 Ci.ut Stkeets
NEW YORIv9/11/15>
customers referred to in the way of better deliveries, I
am
SD/iiGB
S£*l5th. 1915.
It seam3 to ms that
car capacity unless wa malse s
at Silver Late .
.. *L _ _ 4-n !>• fit tied up on tank
a are going to get tied up on tank
a arrangement for storage of Benzpl'
:eceiving Benzol from five
Y/e have twelve Benzol tank cars. One of these is. H®d Up
co 1 onial.S Bai lway . ^ ive ° c a r s Bake with loads
of Benzol waiting to he ais charged.
You will see. therefore, it is very clear that these
for us to send a taak
car ( see attach letter) .
I ,0 »ot ln« whether ln profOO^B tie foil.'.
“I,®0 gS‘i SStSTS^W.
is*. £*ivx »:r- ujT^v.%\r:Kr— oH
.intermediate storage and put them up at Silver Lake?
"*s«- >2^ - « “»ia tl“
moving actively.
’.V. H. imDOVYCEOFT .
September 13th. 1915.
Mr. Edison: .
Mr. T aleak i has been n/gotiat ing with the Hercules Pow-
aas r.\ KL'SSB*- -
the Woodward Plant. I
for Ha has onlv Keen able to get them to consent to
a day^^H^trie^very^har^to get^thhm^o^eave^the ^t^ST
IBiiSSilfir
ssa yffi'&is be
sol Plant at Woodward.
Takaki thought at first that he would hold up shipment
Bk,s ffwa «.
“p.SoS ao ttot w quantity .unit to <*.»•
He therefore, asked me to telegraph Woodward to ship
the car, which matter I promptly attended to.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,
Orange, N. J.
c - Saptembex-13,-
Dear Sirs!-
attention of Mr Mejdowo^t__u,r. „ T ***
We heg to confirm our oonveraatiofa over
the 'phone this morning requesting you to shJp. t“* • ,
car of toluol for the Hercules Powder Compaq Immediately.
We also requested you to kindly find out i af ' the
when your Woodward plant expeot to be able /to Bhip the
second oar. /
any „a„„ a ss
make up the total of 130 gallons per^day.
We deoided that regarding/ this point , we ’ wouid not
agree at the present moment, but will, let this po t t J
jsrss ayas.* Pffiss sr
way or the other. /
We also beg^'to confirm that we requested you to
wire Woodward planted ask the latter to telegraph dire t^
to Hercules Powder Company, Wilmington, Del., as
oar leaves Woodward.
Tours very truly.
ST:VC
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Kr. Thomas A. Edison _
( laboratory )
Orange, N. J.
Ey dear lir Edison:
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Sept., 13, 1915
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Some months" ago , ,you kindly answered my inquiry
UJ-OT^. 'v
as to the possibility of our doing som§ progressive wort in the storage
battery together, - in the negative; but you did suggest thattlj,ere
3 'W.toO >C«u<r'-c4> otv
was a lot of room in the field of "dye Stuffs", etc. /
I have been thinking of that, and would like to ask yo/ whether
you would like to have me help you in this last successful new venture
of yours? /
I will say that I think that there is most t o/6e made at present
in making two or three of the early intermediated, like aniline, phenol,
and the like; and present prices seem to justify this.
Also, are you interested in one or two/hew reactions? or do you
stick to the old ones? /
I know thatyou want good workers ,to help you, and that you pay
theta well , and right r
May I have s
i is the tijde to get busy.
i line from you? "
C
/ Very truly, s — n.
CsLcU . <5 Sr
s — 1 4
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S pt. 14th.
1915
Hr. M H. Jones, Vice President,
Inland steel Company,
. !'irst national Bank Bldg.,
Chicago, Ill.
Dear Sir:
I must confess that your favor of
the 10th instant is one of the most astonish¬
ing things that has lately come into my mail.
■Vo were the first in this country
to make carbolic Acid, and with our two plants
s; have teen furnishing the public with most
of the Carbolic Acid they havo gotten for many
monthB, besidoe supplying ourselves with the
large quantity that wo consume.
Yours very truly.
September 14th, l-l5
Swiss Colours Company,
15 East 12th Street,
Sew York.
your favor of the 9th instant in
regard to Paraphynelenediamine has been reaeived. In
reply let me say that my Plant is too small to supply
the quantity you name. We could only supply the
material in very moderate quantities.
Yours very truly.
September 14th, 1915.
Mr. Hammerhoff:
We ore oalled upon now to make a
settlement with E. B. Badger & Sons Company for the
Carbolio Stills. We hare told than that they
will have to adjust the account before we oan make
settlement , as there was a great deal of ohange and
alterations necessary before we could use the stills.
Mr. Htlison wishes you to make a
report to him and snggest what we Bhould allow after
paying for the ohangos necessary.
W. H. Meadowcroft.
Z47 ¥/<rrW
Sept • l$th. 1915 .
Lancaster Chemical Company,
Lancaster, ?a.
Gentlemen:
I received your favor of the llsr ultimo, and also
thi quart sample of chamber Acid which you kindly forwarded to
mo. I find this can to used formy work, and am now writing
to ask whether you can supply me 1th tan ilO) tons a day for
the remainder of this yaar and at what price . If you cannot
nupply as much as tan tons; pleas? say how much you oonld lot
i:u have.
Do yon have load lined tanks for shipment, fleas o i 1-
bo let me know how quickly you could commence shipment.
Yours v ery t ruly.
Sept. 15th. 1916.
Mr. Edison:-
arccs. ss J2Tfi.sK .r
SKKSI.& tSrS; »»5oh ». m. «... oi...t,
and arms.
The man ran from the fester Room to the
almost immediately.
The Digester had been under way about an hour,
and had between 10 and 2°^Lhs. prohiMts
governing the adjustmen n r!i ns tment* while pressure is on, and
any Employee making any a j t ith this ruie, having
S2SS“.««'SS^,fS^S.» ^
employ over I* years.
Eufrelpe^
he would view it this A.M.
Deceased was married. 55 Years age, a«d lived
at 45 So. Orange Avenue. Newark, and is survived by Wife
and grown up family.
C.c Messrs. Wilson. Erost. Hoffman.
September 16th. 1916.
You will probably remember that at Takaki's request
wo furnished Mitsui & Company w ith a drum of pure Benzol from
Woodward. They sent it to Japan.
'i'akaki telephoned this morning saying that their
friends in Japan had evidently received this drum of pure Ben-
zol and had found it satisfactory and have cabled to find out
whether they could get 10,000 gallons and at what price.
Takaki says that if Woodward is producing more Ben¬
zol than you can use he might sell 10,000 gallons at a better
price than 60?!. The trouble is, however, that the whole
10,000 gallons might be required as spot stuff, but he thinks
that he could - so arrange the natter with their Japanese people
that they might take it in lots of 3,000 or 4,000 gallons at a
time .
He wishes to know what you think of the proposition.
7 *2
AMERICAN PRINTING CO.
' FALL RIVER, MASS. 9/2.
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trust that you will 'near us in rdnd when
\ csrisidering contrac*4 for next year on Aniline Oil.
^Our present contract, us you hnow, expires in Booetr.-
ter.
•ye also want to say that we are very &P~ reoiat-ivo
at what you are now doing for us in the way of dcliv-
e,i0S ou our present contrast . If you think the time
Ts'novT opportune for setting our requirements for next
year , we would like tft have your representative call
on us at his earliest convenience.
fours very truly,
American Printing Co.
3CP/h.
Purchasing Agont .
i®founta!ngit>e ^ogpttal
MONTCLAIR, N. J.
48ountafngti>e
MONTCLAIR, N. J.
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Swiss Colours CodV
Ur. Thomas A. Edison*
Orangs, N. J.
Dear Sirl
In reply to your
advise what quantity you
delivery.
y //
tr y &
*
favor of the 14th instant, we will request you to kindly
offer of Paraphynelenedi amine for immediate
LANCASTER CHEMICAL COMPANY
LANCASTER.
September 16*.. *15* ,
v *¥‘-STcA
received. I note, \r?' .
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N..T.
Dear. Sir:-
Your favor of the 15 til inst.
that you received the Quart sample of Chamber Sulphuric Acid ■it
and I alao note, that it can be sued for your work.. ^r\
Yes, we can supply you ten tons per-day for the re- tl\‘.
maindor of this month, all of October and all of November and
possibly all of December and we take pleasure in again con¬
firming the price named you On August 20, that is; §10.00
per-ton of 2,000 pounds, basis 50 degree Baaume,. f.o.b. our
tank cars at Perryville, Maryland. V/e could ship the
strength from 50 degree to 56 degree, but the price ib- basis
50 degree*
V/e have onetank car, that carrier thrity— five tonsT^
that we could immediately divert to this business, but we !
would have to secure: another tank c ar in order to deliver
ten tons per— d ay* However, wo think,: we can do so wit. out j
difficulty and if you place your business', with us,, we will J
make an effort to do so at onoe.
V/e have a freight rate of §1*26) to Camden, N.J and
§2.50 per-ton to Perth Amboy,, N.J. This will, give you some idea
of the rata to Silver Lake*
Awaiting your reply and trusting you will favor us.
with this business, which will, have our prompt and careful atten-
LANCASTER CHEMICAL COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
SULPHURIC ACID
AND COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS
LANCASTER, PA..
22
tion, are \>og to remain.
Yours -very truly,
Diet AB^/BE
JPres,
CONDENSITE COMPANY OF AMERICA
B L O O M FI E LDtNtcJ-^
'• sfept .16,19X5.
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Thomas A. Edison Inc. ,
Orange, 1I.J.
Gentlemen:
Hr. Aylsworth advises us that you are having some
phenol product come through that does not completely
crystalize. How we believe we might he able to use
some of this if you care to sell it.
Will you kindly advise us if you can supply us
with one-half a tofl,' or so, and at what price ?
Yours very truly,
COHDEUSITE COMPANY OF AMERICA.
PRESIDENT .
XB/I1S
Charles Lennig & Company, Inc. ^
Manufacturing Chemists 7'7u^f ad,lph"
IVlAINUr AL- 1 UKHNU v^nnivnoio / » omEc p
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/ Philadelphia. Sep^ens^r do, ^$15.
Ur. Thomas A. Edison, \ / r.V J* J* /y*
0I““’ “-1- V - *V &' 1 >
We have your letter of the 15th inst. in regards to Chamber A&afd.
We note that you desire about ten tons per day for the balance of
the present year. We regret that we oannot offer you thiB quantity as our
output is praotically sold up, however, we oould offer you two tank oars of
Chamber Acid, eaoh tank holding about thirty tons, for delivery during the
last three months of the year, goods similar to the carboy shipped you, at
$16.50 per ton (2000 lbs.) f. 0. b. our work3, Bridesburg, Philadelphia, Pa.
The tanks we ship Chamber Aoid in is the ordinary tank oar, and
The above quotation is subject to prompt e
unsold at time of reoeiving your order. ;
Charles Lennig & Co., Inc.
Sort. 17th. 1015.
Mr. 0. Parker, Purchasing Agent,
Amerioan Printing Company,
Sail Elver, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of yonr favor of the 15th instant in re¬
gard to contract for Aniline Oil for next year. It has been a
mat tor of groat difficulty to make my contracts for acids for next-
year. Conditions are unprecedented on account of the war. -he
munition people have apparently corn '-rod almost everything in sight,
and the priooa of acids and other raw material have advanced enor¬
mously.
However, as I am now reasonably sure of obtaining my acids
and othor supplies for next year, I am willing to make a few con¬
tracts extending over the whole of next year, commenc ing w ith January
1st, I find that I shall have to charge Bixty (60) cents per pound
on tho year's contract.
If you wish to contract with me for your next year's sup¬
ply, I would suggest that you advise ire immediately, as I am fairly
overwhelmed with apjlioations for. Aniline Oil, and I have written
to you within a few hours after being able to make definite state¬
ment .
Yours very truly.
EDISON STORAGE BATTERY COMPANY fa
Kir. Headoworoft and file:-
tith reference
the Pulmotor and Lungmotor, I am sending you j
made on these t"0 machines. I
». sr" ns
device hy the American Hedical Aa, United States Bureau of Hines,
light Association and aS“£ea hy three bodies
A report was prepared hy a commission abaolutoly condemned
to investigate the Puimotor and this o injuring the lungs due to
the Pulmotor on account of the liability ■>
its suction affect.
tyhand.
VSAS "; ?|”*s;s0ri»t jSrt»d’ha“"a2
fe,-»K-“ ssr.'&ns
confidential information
T cirn 011 closing for j ^ .->>»« t vj Poul y.tTio
i s*1 in° charge" of 6 the SMinf lesc^e SFSaSt, Department of the
Bureau of Hines.
B*sr«rs
SfSS%0« “;™«Sd St“5. bS..J .f Kim.. *» » s°°4 ”™
years.
I »«d. an investigation of these »
tine ago and this is the ^information entirely aathontio and
Mr. Do ike and I consider it 1“ioV* . + n,nv_ the report and
reliable. I would after yon are through with
literature returned to mo for al,'e *
it.
Enclosures -
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
THE PASSI1TS OS THE PUIMOTOR.
. The Pulmotor has gained wide publicity as a mechan¬
ical device which will pull bach to life a person who has
lost the ability to breathe through the inhalation of ir-
respirable gases or by contact with an electric current.
, When properly adjusted to a patient it is supposed,
to automatically force into and such out of the lungs, air
which has been enriched with oxygen. The process being thafct
of inflation and deflation of the lungs with a tytbm de¬
pendent upon the relative capacity of the lungs and
volume of oxygen enriched air furnished by the apparatus.
The Pulmotor has a reducing valve and a nozzle
which admit of a flow of about 4 liters (244 cu. in) or
oxygen per minute. The flow of the oxygen through the noz¬
zle produces an injector effect, on the intahe'side pro¬
ducing a suction and on the outlet side a pressure which
in turn aids in deflating and inflating the lungs respectively.
When the face mask is closed or made air tight and
the machine set in motion, the air will continue to accumu¬
late until the pressure is e4ual to about 3 inches of water
gage pressure.' A* this pressure the accordion bellows is
elongated sufficiently to overcome the tension of the
spiral spring and the controlling lever is thrown over,
which reverses the direction- of the air in the tubes lead¬
ing to the face mask and deflation begins and continues
until the partial vacuum in the face mask is reduced to
about 8 inches of water column. If, for 4ny reason the
' contraol lever is held .in either one of its two positions
the d res sure or vacuum 'will increase to 12-1/2 to 14-1/2.
; V ' 1 ' : • u .
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
inches of water. column.
The operation of the pulmotor with a hag attached
to the face mask to represent the lungs, or when used by
a person who has the ability to breathe , is most fascinat¬
ing to the layman, sinStun'der these conditions it is able
to perform its functions and. furnish full inspiration and
expirations. .
Y/hen applied to a person who has lost the ability
to breathe, it has been found, that the suction of the ap¬
paratus is, such that the cells. of' the lungs are collapsed
and the tissue injured to the extent that death may be a
certainty.
;*■ ' por the above reason the physiologists have con¬
demned the pulmotor as an efficient, arid safe device for
giving artificial respiration.
Since the automatic mechanism of the pulmotor,
affords air. with only 27 to 2? percent of oxygen, it is
not adapted for giving pure oxygen to persons who have been
overooae with carbon monoxide, however, the apparatus is
equipped -with an inhalator which will furnish pure oxygen
and this should be used when it is desired to administer
oxygen in. manual artificial respiration.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
The Lungmotor “he Need of It
Here it is! <H There were over forty thousand (40,000) cases in the United
States last year where the Lungmotor could have been used if
available, aside from Asphyxia of the new-born, Dispelling the
effects of Anaesthesia, and testing death.
«K This is certainly a startling statement, but a true one.
Many Lives Lost from the Following
Causes Could Have Been Saved
by Using the Lungmotor
Poisoning from Gases and Fumes Smoke
Mining Accidents Strangulation
Electric Shock Collapse after Anaesthesia
Apparently Drowned Asphyxia of New-born, Etc.
Also POSITIVE PROOF of DEATH
<|| Either buy a Lungmotor yourself— or kindly use
your influence toward the establishment of Lungmotor
protection in your community. You will ever be
pleased with your action.
NEW YORK CITY 1008 Times Bldg.
BOSTON, MASS. 53 Devonshire St.
Save Human Life — It Pays — Pays Big
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
-Also Oxygen
Cities, Towns, Hospitals, Industrial Corporations, Mines, Bathing
Beaches, Parks, Drug Stores, Physicians, Ambulances,
Etc., that are equipped to save human life
are repaid a thousand fold.
[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]
The Highest Awards
LUNGMOTOR
Panama Pacific International
Exposition, 1915
Gold Medal of Honor
Mining Jury
Gold Medal
By
Liberal Arts Jury
American Exposition of Safety
and Sanitation
New York City, 1914
Grand Prize and Gold Medal
fcsrara ftaan of Softty
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TkccSjy remoter
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
New York City, New York
Has Bought Eight (8) Lungmotors
READ THE STORY
actual, practical experience, they 01
# _ . _.-|c City, “on trial.” After 30 Bellevue Hospital knew wliat in
days’ use the Allied Hospitals (Gouv- chanical respirators were before tl
ernettr, I'ordham and the Bronx) were Lungmotor was shown them,
supplied one each “on trial” and Belle- They were in the best possible p
vue requested auothc
No effort was mad
cnee the purchase of
s delivered to Bellevue Hospital,
actually used they would I
licicticy justify voluntary ai
Hospital Superintendents t
mal orders.
"other kind." They did judge— they
bought Lungmotors when they needed
additional respirators.
Begin saving lives with the Lung-
motor in your hospital in cases of:—
Collapse ^ during anaesthesia: as-
Apparcnt drowning, mining acci-
Suffocation, pneumonia, diphtheria.
We send Lungmotors on iuspcci
Vc long ago got beyond the
il come ( ! )ece tuber,
Now comes further proof of Lung-
March 19, 1915, Bellevue Hospital
motors — making seven (7) in all.
April 15 another order came for the
Drug Dept. — making eight (8) in all.
not simply buying "anything that
looks good.” They tried out Lung- i.et us scuu ju» »..« "
motors for months before placing keep it a week — get acquainted vv
their order and then, justified by it— you’ll not send it back.
Procrastination the Thief of Life
The Lungmotor
Outfit Complete
The entire outfit for every emergency
consists of the following securely packed
in a special strong carrying case:
The Lungmotor with pressure and sue-
They Bought Lungmotors
kind” were shown side by side. The' Mayor
buy what the Meeting thinks is the best."
They bought Lungmotors.
The Police Department of one the larg¬
est cities in the world wanted eleven me¬
chanical resuscitating devices. The other
kind and the Lungmotor were brought be¬
fore the Surgeons and officials. They could
have had four of “the other kind” for
nothing, but they bought eleven Lung¬
motors, and Lungmotors arc the only ones
they use. They wanted the kind that didn’t
could use and the kind that can always sup¬
ply air at a safe pressure.
More Lungmotors have been bought by
the hospitals of New York, Chicago. Pitts¬
burg and Washington, D. C., during the
past few months than "the other kind” has
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V,e noticed a small clipping in one of the Hew York Pap/r i
latelr on the death of a nan in yonr Synthetic Ph.nol plant from in¬
haling MM and abeorling the «» P~" 01 ,1”/‘“’
Ao „ have a plant of the o.tldnpferj^fi. !“**• " '“/'^ ’“"
to too. th. exact ..... of » - “? “"14“‘
prevention work.
Yours very truly.
U-«-* k'
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FRED. N. ARNOLD
CHEMICAL ENGINEER
PEARL STREET, ROOM 421
Sept. 17, 1916y ^
Ur. Thomas A. ^ 4 **
/ i Ciak< 4-iCfej^M tXQ mn#**+* w»
o— ”• J- 4*n *£« «c
Dear Sir:- V <>. j
Your favor of 18 ult.
merits in regard to your flakejj^^ {
heard that your flake nickel hadtfeen^jised fi|r "this purpose", but (understood
that the matter was not out of t^experliyntg. ^ge^anc^n^
5 not out of the
r*'*- 1. *
i experiments with metalj.i
nickel (which was not
;h ^
and on account of m'y
however, in the flake form) I did not think the matter promising enouj
justify an investigation at that time.
I would however like to have further information on this mat
present time, along the lines indicated below; and if a process for fat hard¬
ening with the flake nickel has been successfully workt out, I could probably
place such a process with some of my friends in the soap and oil business
with whom I am now working on thi subject.
The important points on which I would like information are the following: -
If a fat hardening process with your flake Ml is on the market, or ready for
the market, what are the terms and conditions for use of same?
from
’.'.'ill the user of the process be guaranteed against damages/ patent infringe¬
ment in the TJ. S.?
Details in regard to the process; such as, cost of plant, cost of operation,
kinds of oils which can be hardened, and the degree of hardening (complete cr
partial) .
I might state that the process of fat hardening which is in pretty general
use in Europe, and which uses a catalyzer consisting of metallic Ni deposited
on an inert, powdered substance, which acts as a carrier for the Hi, is quite
■ " ■ nr. Thomas 4. Edison. 2. F'E-<" 9/lFAS
satisfactory, both in regard to it. technical an., co-rcll op.ratio.i Out
ln vl„ .f the claims mad. by o.rt.in parties in this country holding f.t
hardening patents, «- » »*» the fact that this *“ "°l ^ ^
decided by the court., it 1. difficult to sot anyone « go ah.ad with this
process. , , ,
It would ther.ioro be important if a pro— could »c round, union 0, tn.
„f metallic »i alone, •»« P«— “ ««* “ ““ ”1"8
a oat.ly.or consisting of Hi dopo.ltod upon • Peered curler, a. auon a pro-
o... .ould probably be oon.id.r.d by tne trade a. eurriol.ntly ..cure from tne
* ♦»,„ riuiM of others, so that they would go ahead
danger of Infringement on the claims of otne ,
with it.
However, . long period of experimentation by me, .1th metallic Hi .lone,
prepared and u.ed in v.biou. .ay., fro. tn. .e.er.l oxide., but al.ay. in a
finely powdered and not in a flake for., failed to give re.ult. «K»1 to tne
results obtained by a catalyzer consisting of metallic M d.po.lt.d on a
carrier. 11 tn such a catalyzer tn. following result. ~» -“7 «» »bW1”e‘‘-
, pure commercial oil, suo» .. refined cotton or corn oils, can be completely
hardened in from 1 to 1 1/2 hours, at a temperature not exceeding 300 F„ at
almost any pressure ( but 3 or 4 atmosphere, is « convenient pros.ur. which
give, rapid action, with a catalyzer containing . quantity of ill ecuival.nt
to 1/2 of if Xi on the oil used, at a cost of 1/4 f a lb. or less ( 1* '•! 0011
i. 404 a lb. and H cost $1/30 per 1000 ou. ft.,, and several additional run.
can be mad. with the same charge of catalyzer, with dual success, but at a
little lower speed.
If a flake 21. process would equal, or approximate, the., result. would
he important.
Yours very truly,
FNA/THH
September 18th, 1916.
Monsanto Chemical Works,
St. Louis ,
Gentlemen:
Your favor of the 16th instant has
been received, and wo beg to oonfirm our Telegram to
the effect that we have been delayed in making ship¬
ment ho you as expected. We have been having Borne
trouble, resulting in a strike, but fortunately that
is now at an end and there is a thousand pounds of
Carbolio on the way to you. We will make another ship¬
ment of one thousand pounds early next week, and expect
soon to oatoh up.
Yours very truly,
Edison Laboratory.
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T. A. "Edison, "Esq.,
Johnstown,
Dear Sir,
•“T
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^To tfa*
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we are advised $ the Commercial iatelll-
?Sf^oxfot‘S?=plrjt a. e gel
ru!l.s rit . l '“ ' “ a posit Ion to offer us
•pvio suirit we have "been using until
recently (wiien TOppUes nero tlten o™''^ 2SJ*2Stii,
S7«vrias t^s^jjg* ^.rAnuSuSir
SaffiaHs'SBS S5WWK S
have In view.
n.,_ h„,lMr8 are The Ulster Bamc Ltd.,
waring «»?^^^a&g.r«S5&SS5^Sl ” °“
shlppers^ln^th^ltoited^states0 for^whom we act in Ireland.
Dear sir*,
Trusting to hear from you, we are,
Vmirfl truly.
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Sept. 20th. 1915.
Sr. Charlos S. Palmar,
Nowtonville , Maas.
Boar Mr. Palmer:
I am in receipt of your favor of the 13th instant,
ana in reply would say that I already have two Phenol Plants and
ona Aniline factory in full blast. One of the Phenol Plants is
working on a new reaction.
Can you f ind some way to denitrato nitrating acid,
and romove, for instance, the traces of Bitrobensol without furn¬
aces and concentrating apparatus . About a thousand tors a day is
throv7n away in this- oountiy . I my3blf throw away ten tons daily,
yet the strength is 62° to 63° Baums.
If attempts are made to use it for other reactions,
the 2 1/2^ of Hitric interference, as well as the Bit io benzol.
Ycurs very truly,
Sept. 20th. 1915.
Dr. T. J. Parker,
$ General Chemical Co.,
25 Broad Street,
How York City.
Dear Dr. Parker:
ahlo mountain of work piled <ir. h^df th' details of the
“SKTSvAKS rrSAT-SS . .* — ««. »- 1 *“
name a few of thenw
with a solution of Hydrate lime listened paper was
ono polo of the battery an^ ^ ‘battery When contact was made
oonneoted with the other aide of the hatt eT; ?teiiurlum touched the paper.
Hydrogen was evolved at the point where the max q Tellliri0 Aolft,
WS£i£ polnt^d^oiat!
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corder.
. „« -ujs sns^^sTH^SSS.
«„^,rar»r^i;rs?»f. a s..**.*. <* ™»i“
Blue .
3. In Automatlo Telegraphy he ^bo used a reoordlr^olution
of Platinum, or the metal not ox? dl zed by the ^^^nlphc-cyanide
was moistened tn a solut 10^0^ gdPa t^ho Platinum point, thus raising
tho^prot oxide to a seequioxldo or when with the
da SuU. ». — -**
Pago two -
-“g-sv&ss itF&s&a Brasses.
ton to Dew York in 22 l/2 minutes.
4 In connection with Automatic Telegraphy, to also made ns
gjzzrrsris.: stsa-’S ssfjsArss&ss. ■
Sk:S™S2 *;•,
?S4*S?4S mSS
oSSsi«!i'S”*sstnJoK o® »?2u ;£.$;«£ • »« ... Pn»oipi.
SasCe d^y Mr! Hdi so “i£ devising the loud speaking telephone.
6. Ho also conducted an enormous number
aS£J2£r^v=s^wnJ=sr " •“■
SlfSSSgHEisf Sr
,Hth eohl Mr etc. Ho also did an en omens amount of work in per-
filament which was made from cellulose.
8. Just the precise nature of the ohemistiy involved to Mr.
fy^JSrSS^S oont act^'-vith tto^detaTs.'T h^ever!*
that "he made use of the ohemioal principles and appUad thorn in new way
that have resulted in a production of high grade oement.
9. Mr. Kdison’s Alkaline Storage Battery was an absolute in-
Si
Pago three -
and the sulphatoo of Hiokol ana Cohalt .
9. Coming down to the last ten month a I guess you are quite
familiar with what ho has done , hut to specify in detail, let mo say as
follows:
(A) . Ho has designed, huilt and operated Benzol
Absorbing Plants at the Cohe OvnnB at tha C™^ta
Stool Company, John3tovm, and ^ ^ '
at tho oodward Iron Company, V/oodward,^Ala . ,
whero ho is producing Benzol, Toluol, Solvent
naphtha, and naphthaline.
(B) . Ho has designed, Benzol Absorb ing
tho Dominion Iron & Steel Company, Sydney, Hova
Scotia, also for a Stool Company at Sault Sto.
\ • Mario.
(C) . Ho designed, built and operated his first
Carbolic Acid Plant at Silver bake, II. J. in 18
days. This plant has been in conuinuou3 opera¬
tion moat of the present year and ls no.v produc¬
ing about 5,000 rounds of Phnnol ror day.
(D) . Ho has d -signed, huilt and is operating a
second and larger Carbolic Acia Plant at silver
Lake , H. 3.
fvl He has aosignod, huilt and operated a plsa*
for the manufacture ’o£ Aniline Oil at Silver J«k« ,
K. o.
(P). Ho has desifued, huilt and operated a plant
for mannfao taring Paraphenylonediamlnowhiehi
now in continuous operation at oilvor Lake, " • ”
With kind regards t
soon, I remain.
i hoping to have tho pleasure of snol ng you
fours very truly.
V/e «ish to confi^S^SWt-ptte^osVJo^^ ^ <*/
" , .vtom+v veenlvei. V/ill need one ton aniliiB *¥■%,
"letter eighteenth received. * asainst decline?
first each month over next ™ly7couian' t you^ive us one
Yours very truly.
Lancaster Chemical Company
MANUFACTURERS OF
SULPHURIC ACID
LANCASTER. PA..
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, N.J.
September 20, ''15*-
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Your telegram of the 18th inst., ashing us to enter,
your order for ten tons per-day of Chamber Sulphuric Acid for
the remainder, of this year on quotation our letter to you Sept-
16th,. received. We have entered your order* as per your
instructions*.
We have also received your telegram, reading as
follows!:
«ln order to provide: for manufacturing process, it will
help me out to know whether you can make shipment of the 35' tons
at once. Also how quickly and how regularly you can make ship¬
ment on account of the ten ton per-day. Please advise me
fully*.
In reply to this telegram, we: wired you as follow®:
“Immediately upon return, estimated two days,, #8 tank
car will be used in your oerv£e continuously. We will provide
another car soon as possible,, estimated ten days.*
Immediat a y upon receipt of your order-, we took up the
matter of securing^dditional tank car* and it is possible,
that we’ can have one in operation inside of ten days. Our
Tank Car- #8 is now in Hew York State.- and immediately upon its,
return to our Plant at Perryville,. Md-, it will.be placed in
LANCASTER CHEMICAL COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF
SULPHURIC ACID
LANCASTER. PA..
continuous service between Perryville, Mi* and Silver Lake* N*J»
V/e are endeavoring to secure another tank car, which will carry
about .55,00$ Gallons; or about 40 tons* These two cars will
carry JO tons per-week* if we can keep them moving at the rate-
of one round trip per-week,-. which v/e should easily be able to
do. We are in position to load promptly and if you can un¬
load equally prompt there should be no difficulty in doing
this. <~
Shall we understand ten tons per-day to mean sixty t
per— week or seventy tons per— week.
Thanking you for the order and awaiting your
further favors-, we beg to remain,.
Yours very truly,
The Lancaster Chemical C
By^
Diet ABI^/BE
American Oil & Supply Co.
Oils, Greases, Acids, Chemicals
52-54-56 Lafayette Street
Newark, 1ST. J.
Mr. W. T. Meadowcroft,
0T. A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
We have never had full analysis (
details on Aniline Oil or Oil Myrbane.
Will you kindly give us the necessary
particulars on both of these items so that we
may he able to advise prospective buyers, and
oblige
Yours very truly,
American Oil & Supply Co.,
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American Printing Company
Fall Hxvku, Massachusetts
September 20, 1915.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 17th on the subject of Aniline
Oil contract for next year came to hand this morning, and I
immediately telegraphed you that we wished to continue our con¬
tract of 2000 lbs. per week for the year commencing January 1st,
1916 at 60 $ per pound. V/e await receipt of your contract which
will be executed in due form.
Thanking yon for pro toot log »» Tor onr n.xt y.nr', oon-
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sumption, we are,
Sept. 20th, I9ib,
American Printing Company, a corporation having its
place of business at Pall River, Mass., hereby purchases, and
agrees to receive from Thomas A. Edison, and the Quid Thomas
A. Edison hereby sells to said American Printing Company, Ani¬
line Oil required by said American Printing Company for it3 -\vn
use and consumption in mills located at Pali River, Mass., dur¬
ing the period from January 1st, 1916, to December 31st, 1916,
inclusively, and as follows:
QUALITY
PRICE
DELIVERIES
CONDITIONS
To be of as go.d quality ao is now be¬
ing supplied by Edison to American Print¬
ing Company.
To be Bixty (60) cent3 per pound, P. 0. B.
Silver Lake, II. J.: drums extra at §10.00
each, to be credited if returned in good
condition, freight prepaid, within ninety
(90) days from date of original shipment.
To be made and taken at the rate of two
thousand (2,000) pounds per 7/eek.
Thirty (30) days, or less i;5 within ten
days from date of each shipment, payable
in Hew York City funds, in united states
gold or its equivalent iri united States
currency.
In the event of war, fire, flood, strike,
lockout, accident, or other lixe causes
beyond the control oi said Edison, inter¬
fering with the production of Transportation
of the goods herein described, deliveries
under this contract may be suspended
during the period required to remove
the cause and repair the damage.
Accepted.
AMERICAN PRINTING COMPANY.
NATHAN DUKEEK,
ASST. TREA3.
aU s
September 21at. 1915.
Mr. Edison:
The nitrating pot on the Para la atill leaking
and we have sent for McCahe Boiler people to come and caulk
it. Then we will txy it again. If we can oaulk it well
enough to make it laat for aeveral runa we will do so .
Meantime Caum has got some data from J. L. Mott Iron Works
as to how soon they can get a 180 gallon steam jacketed
cast iron kettle. Christensen suggests that you have an
order put in for this so tlat we can get it in ten days
time. Price F. 0. B. Trenton, $143.20.
"W.
apr it**-'.
21, 1915
Mr. Thomas A. Edison
The Laboratory
Orange , H . J .
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Dear Ur. Ed i non: . , ,
I am much interested in your reply, in regard to
the opportunity to recover the waste nitro-benzole; and think that
you may like to have me tackle that for you as a starter. Moreover,
it is quite possible that it may v/ork in with one of my new reactions.
Perhaps you might send me a pound sample of the liquor under con¬
sideration; and meanwhile consider the possibility of my assisting you
in this and allied problems. I had no idea that there is so much
waste in this one line.
Hoping to hear from you , and to keep in touch with you,
Very truly,
_Se.ptemb.ex_ 3k, — —
1 ^ . _ .
^qwcroft _„
uifcm
Attention of Mr. W*.
De« Mrs- S-etk***- ***** ■
regard to c
, in3
*£•
The Hercules people are no longer complaining
about the delay of the first tank car which left Woodward
on the 14th inet. What they are trying to make us agree to
ie that we guarantee 130 gallons per day hereafter. They
also insist that in case we cannot deliver to them as much
as 130 gallons per day from now on, that we buy in the market
enough to make up the 130 gallons.
We refused to accept their point of view, and
have finally agreed on both sides, not to disousB the above
point any further until we find it absolutely necessary to
do so.
Under these circumstances, we would certainly
like very much to get 130 gallons per day hereafter, and
therefore have asked your Mr, Meadowcroft to telegraph wood¬
ward, to ascertain when the next tank oar will be ready for
shipment. We ask you to be kind enough to impress upon Mr.
Mason or Mr. Opdyke, that we are obligated to turn out 130
gallons per day at least, and trust you will let us hear from
you as soon as you receive such information.
We understand that the duPont deNemours Powder
Company wish to buy your Johnstown Toluol for next year, after
the expiration of your contract with the British, and we feel
that you ought to get more than $3. per gallon for such contract.
We would like to know if you will give us a chance
to sell same, and if so kindly send us the data.
Yours very truly.
Sept. 22nd. 1915.
Corelensite Company of America,
Bloomfield, N. J.
Gentlomon:
Replying to yonr favor of the 16th
instant, which has received Mr. F.dison' s
attontion, he rorruests us to say that he thinks
he oan rodistill all of his product. Ha wishes
me further to say to you that we are obliged
to use every pound of Carbolic we m'lte to meet
our oontraots, or he would he glad to lot you
have some.
Yours vory truly.
Assistant to Mr. Kdison.
loggett
einlora, (Elfpmirala, Otis anil ifltm'rtd ^rnhurta
NEW YORK
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange , N . J .
Bear Sir;-
Confirming results of conference had with you
this morning, please hook my order for Prime quality Aniline
Oil the same as heretofore furnished as follows;
QUANTITY. One Jl,) drum 900 or 1000 pounds net weight each,
‘ per£«6rking day of next year, 1916.
PRICE AND CONTAINERS. Fifty (.50) cents per pound f.o.b. Silver
- lake, N.J., drums extra at 5,-10.00 and returnable
within ninety days at same price freight paid to
Silver Lake , H .<J .
TERMS. 30 days net cash or less Vft cash disoount if
- payments are made ten days from date of each invoice.
In placing this order, it is understood you are
not to offer for sale or sell to anyone else below
$0 / per pound, and in event of decline or any
necessity of your selling below 60/ per pound you
are to proportionately reduce your price on my order
• confirmed above.
In short, it is mutually understood that your price
to other purchasers will always show a differential or profit
on my order of 10/ per pound.
Ht is also mutually understood after going over
your records of sales and production with your Mr. Meadowcroft
today, if you find it possible to furnish me with additional
quantity of Aniline Oil or more than one drum per day as provided
for above, you will let me have whatever additional quantity you
j^fattUg loggptt
Glalara, (Hlfstittrala, ©ila anb iMtttml Probitrta
find it possible to' spare up to two drums per aay, or ii you
cannot do any better ( two or three additional drums weekly.
It is also mutually understood i am to acquaint
you with my customers as sales are mode, and that you are to
make shipments for my account direct to such customers where
there is any advantage in so doing, direct from your plant, and
that in consideration of my disclosing the identity of my custoi
you are not to interfere with my trade or knowingly suffer same
to be interfered with by others.
llease confirm this understanding, advising me at the
same time as to additional quantity of Aniline Oil you will agr
to let me have on the same terms and conditions as above, And
"very respectfully,
Ianufacturers of Soaps
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Dear Sir- J ^ U+
We notioed at the Industrial Exposition in Hew York^C^t^ ’p
that you are now producing a Solvent Naphtha. Please lei
know whether this is being produced on a commercial basis. .
If so, let us have whatever information you have as to itsJS^*'** yj ^
properties, flash point, eto., and its approximate price I
quantities, and if convenient, send us a gallon sample. , ^ ^ g ^\‘Cj
Vory truly yours, "j* _ _ ^
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Sof t . 24 th . 1915 .
Charles lenr.ig & Corny any,
112 South Front Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Oontleman:
I hag tc confirm tny telegram of yesterday, as follows:
. T. npt . £F>, 1915.
Charles Lertnig ft Co.,
112 South Front Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
t aceert offer one tar* oar
Chamber Acid in October, llov-
embor and December as per your
lottar of yesterday. I under¬
stand this is on haul • of , ifty
degree .acid.
Thomas A. Fd la on . "
I rrotild thank you to inform me aa to has soon in lot-
obor you can ship the carload of Acid, so that X can arrange to
sond a tank car for same.
Yours very truly,
T BLACK AND FANCY COLORS
BLEACH COLORS. ANILINE
AND SULPHUR BLACK
SEPTEMBER 24th,
ISI5-'
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange , H . J •
, Dear Sir:-
In reply
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your letter of the 21st. inst. wpuldj
that I could use 3 drums ^niliiie 011.(^000 Lbs. ) monthly
cents more than
say
during 1616 @ 35 cents per pound, this ia^
I am now paying, and am covered for someti^to come.
If it were pebble to obtain the price for^my
customers, I would not besitiate a moment, but as the Aniline
Oil is only used in quantities on cheaper grade of hosiery,
such as retail for 25 cents and less.
Therefore, it is inpossible for them to pay the
price, I would be compelled to ask accordingly to your
quotations. In conjunction to the above I would say your oil
is A#I in every respect, and I regret exceedingly that the
price is not right so to enable me to use same.
Trusting you will reconsider this price
which will be greatly apprecited by my customers as well
as by rnyself.
Awaiting your prompt reply, I cm,
Very trulS yours,
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Sept . 25th. 1915
Mr. Stanley Dcggatt,
99 John Street,
He*? York City.
Dear Sir:
Referring to your favor of the 22nd
Instant in which you place an order for one drum
ol Aniline Oil per each working day of next year,
1916, lot me say that I am -.Tilling to hook this
order, except that I cannot consent to the con¬
ditions you mention. I am not making to anyone
any suoh conditions, and regret that I cannot make
any exception in your case. Please let ire knew
immediately if you wish to enter the order in
accordance with your letter except the special
conditions yon mention.
Yours very truly.
\
Sept. 25th. 19X5.
Dr. Charles S. Palmar,
Iiawtonville, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of yonr favor
of the Clot instant, and in reply would
say that it is too lato, as far as I am
concerned to work on the was to riitrohenzol .
I made a contract to sell all the waste
acid to the party who furnished ms with
tho original acid. However, it is still
a good problem, as there are thousands of
tons going to waste.
Xonr9 very truly.
2bth. laib.
Sept .
High Point Hosiery Hills ,
High Point , K. C.
Gentlemen:
X an in receipt of your favor of the 2nth instant, and
in reply would say that I cannot undertake to givo in my contracts
for Aniline Oil any clause pro! icting against a dooline in prices
for tha reason that tho ranufacturors of Acids and tho concornB
who furnish tlw other suprli is of raw material refuse all promo¬
tion clauses with mo. I am, therefore, obliged to make my contracts
in advanoo for an entire year's axivyly, without any protection clause,
for this reason it is impossible for mo to make any hut straight
contracts with customers for Aniline Oil on tha basis of a year’s
supply at a stated prico. It is hard. 1 knew . but you will sac how
impossible it would bo for me to deal with you on any other basis.
As to delivery, let mo say that i have been delivering
Aniline Oil since June, and my plant is working rogularly. Of course,
I fully expect to make all deliveries next year, but all my contracts
contain the usual clause about war, firo, strikes or any other con¬
tingencies beyond toy control.
I regret to say that I could not make any deliveries at
all until January 1st, as ovoiy pound of my present output is con¬
tracted for. Yours very truly.
Sept. 26, 1916.
Dr. 2. J. Parker,
C/o General Chemical Company,
26 Broad street. Dew York.
Dear Dr. Parker :
In oonneotlon with your lettor of September 21et, for
aorao of the details of Mr. Edison’ 3 work in applied ohomistry, I bog
to submit tho following in addition to what you have previously re¬
ceived from Hr. Moadoworoft:
During tho time I have been with Mr. Edison his big achieve¬
ments have boon tiio Phonograph, Hagnotio Iron Ore Soparation, Portland
Comont and the Storage Battery. Mr., Ueado-,voroft has already men¬
tioned a number of his accomplishments in oonneotlon with the eleotrlo
inoandesoont lamp.
In tho Phonograph art there was considerable applied chemistry
used and much chemical, research needed in the production of recording
compositions , moulded cylinder and Also records and in tho produc¬
tion of record matrices- Details of this work are not all made
publio, but I know that they represent a vast amount of o'nemioal
resoaroh by Mr. Edison personally as well as by a number of his
assistants to obtain and produoe tho ^materials suited to tho require¬
ments of those produots. One accomplishment in particular in this
line has been recently made, and that is tho production of an oloo-
trolytlo ooppor film whloh has tho toughnesB and elaotloity of steel
and is almost entirely non-crystalline and froe from porosity. fhie
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accomplishment lias vastly improved the reoord matrices end the reoords
made therefrom. The wax cylinder reoords have also been an important
industry, and the disc reoords, whioh are more recent, involved consider¬
able applied chemistry and much fine technical chemical work to reach
the high state of perfection whioh is found in the Edison disc reoords
being manufactured to-day.
Magnotio Ore separation:- This enabled low-grade iron ores
to be utilized by oonoentrating the ore by magnetic separators. This
operation necessitated the invention of grinding and screening devices ■
whioh have also proved of great value in the treatment of other ores
in the Portland oemont manufacture. The grinding rolls, whioh have
contributed a groat advanoe in the orushlng of refraotory oreB, are
constructed with replaceable oast steel surfaces. They are rotated
at a velocity equal to that of a falling mass of ore whioh has dropped
from a given height, and instead of rolling about on the top of the
rolls, whioh causes great wear on the rolls, the ore drops through
the rolls, contributing the energy of the falling mass to that of
the power of the rolls, whioh orushos it instantly, without muoh
grinding aotion on the rollB themselves. When ores are crushed by
rolls in the ordinary method - that is, by dumping thorn on the rolls -
they have to he brought to the velocity neoessary to paBB through the
rolls by friction with the rolls. Shis Boon wears out the steel
rolls. These rolls are now being used in other industries than
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those under the control of Mr. Edison.
Soreoning:- A valuable Improvement to the art of screen¬
ing was also developed by Mr. Edison in oonneotion with his ore-milling
work. ibis consists of slotted steel plates, the slots of which are
placed at right angles to the flow of the comminuted material, and the
soreen plate set at such an angle of inoline to separate, Bay 20-mesh
particles and at another steeper angle to separate, say 100-mosh parti-
oies. The principle here involved is that the particles, booause of
their inertia, cannot flow through a slot several times the diameter
of the partioles when the slotted plate is placed at an incline, con¬
sequently, these partioles paBB over the slot, and the Bmall partioles,
having muoh less momentum, fall through. ThiB allows of a great
saving in the cost of screening and of quit© aoourato screening as
well.
Cement ;- In the oement industry he was the first to
successfully build and operate rotary clinker furnaces. He recog¬
nized that the success of the rotary kiln was dependent on its length,
which would allow ample time for the proper clinker reaotion during
its continuous passage through the rotary kiln. He also reoognized
the importance of fine grinding of the clinker - not merely that a
large proportion ehould pase through a 200-mesh screen, but that what
did pass through the 200-mesh soreen should he in great proportion
made up of very muoh finer partioles.
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Storage Battery: 4 I think his greatest achievement involving
applied ohemistry was in the alkaline storage battery. Here we have
a product which is absolutely dependent for its suooess on the purity
of the chemicals used in it and. to manufacture its various elomentB.
He lias succeeded in installing processes for the manufacture of niokol
hydrate in the state of highest purity as regards substances which act
as "poisons" in its use as an elootrolytio depolarizer. This also
involved making a naturally very colloidal precipitate dry in such
state as to have the proper inter-molecular porosity of the partioleB
to attain the maximum oapaoity and efficiency aB a depolarizer. All
this he has accomplished so that it is done commercially and on a
very largo scale. The same importance of purity was found to bo
necessary in the iron element of the battery. This involves the
manufacture of a highly pure ferrous sulphate from which is produced
ferric oxide, free from the last traces of SO3 and other impurities,
and subsequently the reduction of the ferric oxide to iron by pure
hydrogen. She ordinary hydrogen produced by dissolving iron in
diluted sylphurio acid generally contains traces of sulphur, arsenic,
solenium, phosphorus, etc. This neoeSBitated the purification and
removal of all these substances. The iron by hydrogen, like the
niokel hydrate, must also oonform to a standard porosity. He has
found that there is iron and iron which is almost as indifferent to
one metal is from another. He has found that
electrJio chemistry as
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Fa2 iron is very different from ?e iron, or at leasts that iron reduced
from ferric salts aots entirely different in the battery from iron
reduo ed from ferrous salts. The proper temperature of reduction
also had to be found, end thousands of experiments were performed in
order to find the proceso which would produoe the most active- product.
When this most ...active e product was produced it was so aotive that
exposure to air would cause it to spontaneously take fire and bum.
Methods of treating this iron so as to prevent its taking fire while
going through the operation of manufacture for use in the battery
and yet not to take away any of its aotivity had to be devised, and
this was all successfully aoooraplishod bp him. Nature had not
produced a flake-like conductor which could be suooessfully used to
oonduot and distribute the eleotrioity to and from the active material
in the nickel pockets of the battery. This aotive material is at
first a non-conductor, and later - that is, after oharglng it is a
relatively poor conductor. Graphite was first used for this purpose
but was found to develop serious dofects which caused the battery
to deteriorate in capacity and effioieniy after long use. This
involved much financial loss as it was not found out until after
they were being manufactured on a large soale. It was raoBt dis¬
couraging, and the manufacture had to be stopped and the work begun
over again. This, however, did not discourage Mr. Edison, who, after
patient research to find the oause of the trouble, set out to find
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the remedy. This he suoooeded in accomplishing after many thousands
of experiments and at great expense. The problem was solved "by
making a oonduoting flake similar to graphite, but with definite
dimensions, from n&tallio niokel. H1b experiments in producing this
product ohemioally involved a vast amount of research in electro¬
chemical, chemical and mechanical arts. '.Then it is taken into ac¬
count that the film of nickel from which this flake is produoed is
less than one-ten thousandths of an inch in thiokness and is out in
pieces efixty- thousandths of an inch square, and its volume is about
four pounds to a cubic foot, it would, seem to be almost an impossibility
to manufacture it commercially in the quantities required for a large
soale production of batteries. The methods he has devised for its
produotion has completely solved the problem, and pure niokel flake
is now produced in largo quantities.
The elootrolyte also required much researoh to bring the
caustic potash of commerce up to the highest purity in respect to
the substances which act as "poisons" to the battery. The amount
of ohemloal aDd electro-chemical research work necessary to perfect
the Edison battery is I think unparalleled in the history of indus¬
trial Inventions. It was found that in spite of the great care used
throughout the manufacture of the various elements of the battery,
symtomB of the presence of some "toxin" would be indicated by a loss
of oapaolty after long use. After much researoh an "anti-toxin" was
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found which caused a speedy recovery of capacity ifa the battery when
its electrolyte was -inoculated” with the "anti-toxin". This "anti¬
toxin" in lithium hydrate in a small percentage added to the potash
solution. Later he has solved all difficulties in this respect by
adding, for inoculating all the batteries when completed, with a solu¬
tion of KOH containing the anti-toxins
His system of introduoipg tests to keep the standard of
these various elements and chemicals up to the standards which he
-aae found best keeps quite a large research laboratory busy daily.
She number of patents ho has taken out relating to the
various inventions in which applied chemistry enters either in a
greater or smaller degree is too well known for me to call to your
attention.
in conclusion, I would like to call your attention to the
statement which one sometimes hears in connection with Hr. Edison
as well as with others who have accomplished great results, and
that is. "this one or that one of his employees deserves the credit
for this or that invention or accomplishment". After close associa¬
tion with Mr. Edison for the past twenty-seven years I can say that
this is not the case with his important achievements during my time
with him. Of course he has had to have many able assistants, but
his personal genius and generalship is responsible for all he has
accomplished.
.TV A/IWW Tours very truly.
Oot. 9th. 1915.
Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten.Co. ,
Uiath and Parriah Streets,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Gentl emen :
Please pardon the delay in replying to your favor of
the 25th ultimo in regard to Iron by Hydrogen. We have not
heretofore been quoting this for sal6, but are now prepared to
supply it. Uy quotations are as follows:
iron by Hydrogen C. P. Grade A, 28 l/z/. per pound
tt n it " " B, 29p per pound
The total iron content of Grade A is 89.5355 and of
Grade B about 97$. These iron products are made from special
Swedish iron triple crystallized. They are of great purity, as
tests will show. In our busiiBss, it 1b necessary to have than
very pure, otherwise they could be manufactured at a much lower
price. We do not, however, care to mako any cheaper grades.
Subjeot to prior Bale, we could furnish about 3,500
pounds per week.
’.Ve are Bending sample e.8 requested.
Yours very truly.
Oct. 21st. 1915/
Powers -Y.e ightman-I.o s engar ten Co . ,
ninth ana Parrish Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Gentlemen:
On account of unexpected contingencies
which have arisen sinoe Mr. Edison's departure
for California, I shall have to take the liberty
of withdrawing the quotations made you on the
9th instant on Iron by Hydrogen. 1 expect Mr.
Edison to return around the first of November,
and shall take the matter up with him at once and
ask him to communicate with you further.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
T. J. Brewster
CONSULTING AND RESEARCH CHEMIST
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Chemicals
Aniline Salt
Aniline Oil
Nitrobenzol
Acetanilid
Phenol
Phenol Resin
Nickel Sulphate
Cobalt Sulphate
Nickel Hydroxide
Cobalt Hydroxide
Mercury Oxide
Nickel Flake
Benzine Sulphonic
Benzol
Toluol
Xylol
Solvent Naphtha
Naphthaline
Para Phenylenediamine
Iron by Hydrogen
Iron by Hydrogen Grade B
Iron Oxide (Red)
Para Nitroacetanilid
Para Phenylenediamine Acetate
Condensite Varnish
Benzene Sulphonate of Soda
Address all communications regarding the above to
Thomas A. Edison,
Dear , Sir:
On August 20th you wrote me in regard to Chamber Acid,
but at that time you had none to spare. You stated that if you
had any a little later on you would be glad to let me knew. I
trust you may be in position to supply me with some .even if it
is only with a few carloads. Will you kindly advise me very
promptly, and pblige.
September 27th. 1915.
Mr. Miller:
7/e sold on Saturday last, 24 rounds Paraphenylanediamine
to A If rod Ury, 2601 Broadway, Hew York, at $3.50 par pound. This
amounts to $84.00. I delivered the Para and hore is the cash.
This para was from Mr. Edison's new plant at Silver lake, and,
therefore, thd /mo^iey Belongs to him, not to the Incorporated.
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Sopt. 27X11* 1915.
Pels & Company,
73rd Street & Woodland Avo.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Qontlemon :
Your favor of the 23rd Instant has boon received and
shown to Ur. Edison . He re meats nn to say In reply that we pro- .
duoo a considerable .uantity of Solvent naphtha at our Johnstown,
Pa. Plant, but this has all been contracted for. -fto have some
at our Bon sol Plant at ood’.vard, Ala., and -will send for a sample
for you if you dosire it. It sells for SOjf par gallon, ?. 0. B.
Plant.
Solvent naphtha is a mixture of Xylol and Mosltylonos,
having vary high dissolving properties. The proportions vary
at every Bonzol Plant, according to the coal used. The only
safe way is to. got a sample and try it. I think that at the
'Woodward Plant wo obtain about 100 gallons daily, and believe
we have a considerable quantity on hand.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to T'r. P.dison.
Sept . 27 th . 1915.
Mr. iVill lam H . School ,
159 Mai dan I,ano,
lion York Oily.
Doar Sir:
I?9plylao' to yonr favor of the 21st
instant, which was forwarded to this office,
Mr. Idiaon wi •? he a re to say that we use nil
of the Phenol Hosin that wo rrnko, and do not
expect to supply ;no for tho market.
Ee requests me to refer yon to the
Condensito Company of America, Eloomfield, II. J.
who may he able to supply you.
Tours vory truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
Charles Lennig & Company, inc.
Manufacturing Chemists
iiladelphia. September 27, 1915*
Ur. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Gentlemen:
V/e acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 24th inst., a^so
your telegram of the 23rd, advising us that you aocept our offer for three
tank cars of Chamber Aoid, one tank car each month during Ootober, Novem¬
ber and December, each tank to contain about thirty tons, at $16.50 per
net ton, f. o. b. our works, Bridesburg, Phila. , Pa. in your tank oars.
YOur understanding is correct that it is to be based on 50°Acid.
In reference to sending us your tank oar, it would be satisfactory
AT
if you forward this oar^to reach us say October 4th or 5th, and we will
immediately fill same and return to you.
Kindly ship this oar to "Charles Lennig & Co., Inc., Bridesburg,
Philadelphia, Pa." via the Pennsylvania Bailrcad.
Yours very truly,
Charles Lennig & Co., Inc.
PL.B.
P. S. Please give us shipping instructions for the
of the tank <
We noticed your display at the Chemists
Exhibition in Hew York last week and are interested
in your Para-Phenylene Diamine andwouldgreatly
appreciate quotations from you in lot^ of 25 and
100 Lbs . , I pref errably in the finely divided or
crystalline state.
Thanking you for your Barly reply, we
are,
Very truly yourB,
THE BOTNSENE COMPANY.
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THE FRINK LABORATORIES
ROBERT L. FRINK, President.
Thds. A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
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Dear Sir:-
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Attention Mr. Meadoworoft, Chf. Chemist
In talking with ypur Representative at the /
Chemical Exposition and looking over the exhibit which /
you had there, I noted several productions which might/
take the place of Benzol or Xylol, particularly one /
called "Solvent Naptha", as I have several clients ^who
have heretofore been using Xylol and Benzol but are
looking for a oheaper solvent, and I should be .glad
to learn what prices you oould make upon this 'In barrel
lots, and if convenient, would like to have'a sample of
same, say l/2 lb. or so.
Yours very truly'/
SHE FRINK LABORATORIES
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•’>k'^, \\Aniline DipfiBion,
aver Lake,
^'y^V-y „ ^ it"' ;D!ear sir;
^ y\ lc''~ !.■ v° AB per telephone conversation Saturday last,
^ ^ we enclose you herewith corrected bill covering oar
p-471385 shipped sept. 8th, on basis of oontraot June 16th,
^ / * at ^15.00 per ton.
inasmuch an oontraota oall for 100 tons per month,
assumed it would make no difference v/hether we billed
^ ^ higher price first or last, expecting you would take full
$ / /
g Ai A^Jtnstruoted , we are shipping one oar today,
ft ^!nd will .d^4low up with a second car in about ten days.
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afij^r whiph we will make a third shipment on additional
y 9£^1'trao^pat §20.00 per ton, thus carrying out terms of both
lontimcts in effect.
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SHE DAVID KAUFMAN & SONS C0(
JOHN J. CAINE
IRON 5. STEEL
1413-16 NORTH AMERICAN BUILDING
,‘iA 1 PHILADELPHIA September) 27, 1915.
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•7e had the pleasure of attending the recent National
Exposition of Chemical Industries held at New York and found
your name among the exhibitors.
’/ill you be kind enough to do us the courtesy of
oHiriainn- if vou use in your manufacture a selected line cast.
manufacturers taKEnS? Unwind"
ment in this particular market.
Thanking you in advance fo:
d have the opportunity to quote you, v/
your kindness and hoping
beg to remain
Very truly yours,
JOHN J.
7JLT.SG
Sept. 20th. 19X5.
Butterworth-Judeon Company.
60 Wall Street,
New York City.
Gnntlemen:
I have a serious complaint to •»>» aboat lhs 1“t tM'”
osrs of Ulved Asia .hot you soot over to v onlll.o Blent »t Silver
Lake .
ulJt,a ;,oia in fee lust three oor. nos short or Nltrlo
,o the ertent thst It non, a nltr.t. only 116 gallon. of Beue.l,
.heroes tho same quantity of y.or regular Ul Asia. ana the
General Oh.mloel company's Apia. would nitrate 160 gallon, of Ben-
Bo.iaes this, there .ere Impurities In these three ears
of Aoldo which gave us a great deal of trouble ana put us to oon-
alderable eroenae. and la addition to all this th. west, .old ...
very foul-
I shall erpact. of soiree, that you MU make me so oilc¬
ans. on these three o.re, and also give ta.truotloa. to your worts
that this should not happen again.
Youtb very truly.
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I'r. Hobart "oyer,
Lawronao, lusarno & Hifth Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear ir:
Yonr favor of tho 24th Instant was received, and was
given caroful attention.
I kno- that tho rrioe of Anilina oil is vary high, much
higher than It should ho , hut on account of the greatly inoroased
prioos of Acids and cup.plles, it is not possihlo tp quote less
than tho figure X gavo you, namely sixty (60) cents par pound for
tho yoar 1916. I have teen obliged to sign contracts for Acids
and supplies for tha entire year, therefore, my cost is fixed.
The trouble is that Anilina is .uite valuable at this time, as it
is used to make articles bringing higher prices.
I bog to confirm itolagram to you this morning, as followB
"On account high' prices of
acids and supplies ragrot I
cannot quote less than sixty
cents .
Thomas A. K.dison."
Yours very truly.
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SEND "the following Telegram, .abject to the term.
00 back hereof, which are hereby aSr«d to Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 28th. 1915.
Thomas A. 'Edison.
IViro answer my letter of 24th. Ready for contract.
- ROBERT I1YF.R .
Mr. Thoma8~AT^Edison,
Orange, Mew Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
The writer was extrei
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at the Grand Central Palace in Mew York and shall he glad to
learn from you whether you ari|^contemp|at^ng -
manufacture
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of any of the intermediates or of' the finished synthetic per*- r,
fuming oompounds which have heretofore been produced in Germany. 4
I refer to such oompounds as Methyl! Antnranilate, Artificial'
Musk, Benzaldehyde , Dinalool, Methyl Salioate and a tgfeat many
others, which undoubtedly you are quite as familiar wijpi as
are we. At the present time, we are especially interested
in looating a suitable source of supply for Artificial Musk.
Yours vety truly,
j
Sept. 29th. 1915.
The Bronsons Company,
Asbury.Park, H. J.
Gentlemen:
Replying to your favor of the 27th
instant In regard to Pa raphe nylenocliaraine, wo
beg to say that we make only a small quantity
for our ovm use. Any surplus that we may hate
we have disposed of direct to those who aotually
use it and need it oadly in their manufacturing
processes.
Yours very truly,
Edison Laboratory.
(gHBeA©® September 29th, 1915.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,,
Orange ,
N. J.
Dear Sir:
■Referring to your favor of the 14th Inst.,
which arrived in the absence of the writer, we
assumed in writing you aB we did, that possibly you
might be willing to consider a supply of Carbolic
Acid in addition to that which you are manufacturing,
of which we had knowledge.
We appreciate the fact that you were the
first in the field and that being known, might have
caused a demand upon you largely in excess of your
ability to take care of.
Yours very tnly.
INLAND STEEL COMPANY.
vice president
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?. Claude H. Op dyke .
Woodward Iron company,
Woodward, Ala.
Dear Claude :
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this morning.
i took th. «.««
the woodward Iron company asTcing hem to opinion that since
prove our water supply, hr. ddisonii so; i „£tor that we should
the woodward people agroeci to furnish j oertainly think
have the first righttosuohwater « Jhero is^ &na
this should oe so, ospeoially wi o whether we dould ask them
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own uses.
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theyUtake SSSTtS S^iKS-SS in any way with the water
we use from the springs.
At present I am ^0+H^SI°Bhould°°mve leenao^there be¬
fore. *1 oannotWesay firt* how soon I will get down.
Yours very truly.
Sept. 30th. 1915.
Mr. ?. J. Brewster,
Berlin, N. J.
Boar Sir:
Replying to your favor of the 2Gth
instant, I beg to oay that we manufacture at
this time only small quantities of Parapheny-
lonedi amine in exoess of our own requiremonts.
This exoess we sell to a few fur ayors who are
seriously in noed of it.
I will let you know, however, in a
few days what quantity, if any, we can furnish
at a little later date.
youre very truly.
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EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
ROCHESTER, N.V.
Sept. 30,1915.
Mr. William H. Meadowcroft,
% Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison,
Orange , If ,.T .
Dear Sir:
We telegraphed you today as follows:
ii nwROTWi’ t?OT) US FOR WEEKLY SHIPMENT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ANY QUANTITY
UPT0F0UR0RFITO THOUSAND POUNDS CARBOLIC CRYSTALS PURE WILL WRITE
WITH SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS."
We will give you shipping instructions on this acid
within a day or so. We might add that we are buying this material to
have to converted, by a chemical manufacturer, into other chemicals for
our use and for this reason, we will not have it shipped direct to
Rochester.
You will note that we are ashing for weekly shipments
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